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Aircraft Level Flight Trajectory
An aircraft climbs to 15000 feet and enters 'level flight' phase. My basic knowledge of physics says that forces on the aircraft at this time are balanced - as seen in this diagram.
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Does the rotation of the earth dramatically affect airplane flight time?
Say I'm flying from Sydney, to Los Angeles (S2LA), back to Sydney (LA2S).
During S2LA, travelling with the rotation of the earth, would the flight time be longer than LA2S on account of Los Angeles ...
