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Old 7th Apr 2018, 12:15
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by Hokulea
PS. This has been bothering me for a day or two:

"If you felt a deceleration (i.e. the effect of inertia), all that tells you is that your speed over the ground was reducing."

No, that is absurd. Anyone on an aircraft will feel a change in velocity in their reference frame, i.e., that of the aircraft, not the ground.
Oh I see, Newton got it wrong, then.
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