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Old 21st January 2012 | 11:23
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Wizofoz
 
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From: Boldly going where no split infinitive has gone before..
Well, ACTUALLY those forces are still present on an Aircraft in flight.

We nominally assume both the Earths Surface, and the air an aircraft is flying through are inertial frames of reference, as it makes the Math much easier, when in fact they are no such thing.

Anything not moving or at a constant velocity reference the Earths Surface is in fact never in Equilibrium, but that would seem beyond the scope of the question.
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