WingFlaps

On Apr 26, 5:45 am, Dan_Thomas_nos...m wrote:
> On Apr 25, 7:11 am, WingFlaps <Morefl...@> wrote:
>
> > "In physics...The scalar absolute value (magnitude) of velocity is
> > speed."
>
> > Cheers
>
>        But it's relative to space, not the earth, as I posted earlier.
> Earth pulls straight down, nothing more. Do this, as we have done many
> times: Go out and fly on a day when the upper winds are at 30 or 40
> knots and get under the hood, do 30 degree banked turns, maintaining a
> constant altitude and power setting, and see if the airspeed changes.
> Got to be done over flat land, BTW. Any orographic lift will screw up
> the altitude. You won't see any performance changes, but the
> airplane's flight path over the ground sure isn't circular. Try 45
> degree banked turns. Try it in a glide. See if you can prove me wrong.
>

WTF? I wasn't talking about speed over the ground...