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Old 23rd Jul 2018, 15:07
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Derfred
 
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I always think the easiest way to explain the argument is to use an extreme example.

An aircraft doing 50 KIAS in a constant 5000 KT airmass conducts a rate 1 orbit. What happens to it, compared to the same aircraft conducting the same orbit in nil wind?

Who votes for crash and burn?

The correct answer is: nothing. The aircraft doesn’t know it’s in a 5000 KT airmass. It behaves according to Newtonian physics from the frame of reference of the airmass.
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