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Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23
the circumference of the earth might be 24k miles, but when you are 35 miles up, the distance you are traveling is greater than what it is on the surface
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hrmm... sorry to bring this back up ..BUT... my math kicks in...
ok lets add that 35 mile factor...
first off .. circumference = PI*diameter
SO thus 24,901.55 miles=PI*diameter
and thus 24,901.55 miles/PI = diameter
finally 7926.409 miles = earths diameter...
Now lets add 70 miles (35*2 because its 35 miles added to each radius)
7926.409 + 70 = 7996.409 miles
And reverse...
circumference = PI * 7996.409
circumference = 25,121.459 miles
And again devide by MPH to get total hours to circumvent the entire earth..
25121.459 / 6089.6 = 4.12 hours (4 hours 7ish mins)
STILL way to fast to actually happen unless its in space with a relative 0 friction.
BACK ON TOPIC.
You guys know WAY more about planes than I do, but this so far is a GREAT read. My original plan out of high school was to design and code aviation software, unfortunately money wasn't there for the education(got into Embry Riddle but couldn't afford it) and I'm basically an electrical engineer by day and programmer in training by night.