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Originally Posted by solleks
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Just to clarify are you saying you think the "spin of the earth" affects flight times?
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I was referring to the curvature, not the rotation. However...
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Originally Posted by Wonkie
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The Coriolis effect
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True, the Coriolis effect is also demonstrative of how the curvature affects the patterns of flights and air currents. Why? Because the Earth moves at different speeds dependent on what latitude you’re at (Earth moves more slowly at the higher and lower latitudes then it would at the equator).
I don’t know how flat earthers try and explain the very clear effect this has on weather patterns, but then again I don’t know how they explain away satellite images or seeing other planets through telescopes either, other than “Gummint Conspircy!”