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11th Sep 2001, 00:58

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Is Plane lighter going west than going east?

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Posted By sansbury

Let me repeat again, if it is not the wind then...

Let me repeat again, if it is not the wind then this would be a very very interesting result.
Have the wind effects been subtracted out? Is this what was meant by the same conditions?
And how...

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6th Sep 2001, 06:32

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Is Plane lighter going west than going east?

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Posted By sansbury

jtr This is very interesting- that the plane...

jtr
This is very interesting- that the plane traveling the same distance W to E used 100kg more fuel than E to W and that the this was confirmed on two or more occassions.(what was the distance,...

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24th Aug 2001, 22:28

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Is Plane lighter going west than going east?

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Posted By sansbury

The questions of light pressure and other effects...

The questions of light pressure and other effects and their magnitudes and ways of measuring them might have no practical value in flying a plane but maybe there is some test plane out there that...

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23rd Aug 2001, 06:58

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Is Plane lighter going west than going east?

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Posted By sansbury

Appreciate the answers you are giving but they...

Appreciate the answers you are giving but they were given at least mathematically as part of my question: The latitude effect and the moving with the spin or against the spin of the earth.
Yes,...

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22nd Aug 2001, 23:41

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Is Plane lighter going west than going east?

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Posted By sansbury

Is Plane lighter going west than going east?

Is Plane lighter going west than going east?
I would expect a plane to be lighter after subtracting out wind velocity and centrifugal force effects, when going westward than when it is going...

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