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Old 6th Aug 2018, 14:17
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Originally Posted by Ian W
If you read the post from A-Squared where he suggested I go to a friendly university physicist - taking about 4 sentences - you will see why I said what I did.


I choose the ground as my frame of reference then. Aircraft stationary in my frame of reference and in 30 seconds accelerates to 120kts. Or alternately is traveling at 120Kts and in 30 seconds becomes stationary
All you're doing there is mixing frames of reference to get the answer YOU want, not an intelligent way to proceed.

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