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Old 08-31-2017, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Cannes
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I found this video of this engineer that "proofs" using planes that the Earth is flat. I just can't fathom this...Anyone want to chime in...This is embarrassing to the engineering community

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kYekbGBzEY&t=1023s
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Old 08-31-2017, 10:23 PM
 
Location: Denver
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I'll chime in. He's an idiot.
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Old 08-31-2017, 10:27 PM
 
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this guy doesnt seem to think much does he? of course it is a bit more difficult to land on a north/south runway that an east/west runway because the earth is rotating perpendicular to the flight path of the aircraft.

oh and he claim to be a structural engineer, sorry but i dont think i want him to be designing ANYTHING structural for me, and anything i might be in or around.
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Old 08-31-2017, 10:30 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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I admire him for putting himself out there and speak his mind. Back on C-D, people are hiding behind silly screen names petrified they might be "doxxed." I would hire him in a heartbeat, not because he is right but because he is not afraid to think.
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Old 09-01-2017, 12:10 AM
 
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Every pilot will tell you that landing north or south is much more difficult than landing east or west. The earth is like a gosh darn aircraft carrier!

I made it almost two minutes into the video.

I also am having trouble discerning whether rbohm is joking or not. Either way, well played.
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Old 09-01-2017, 12:13 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Oy vey. You can see the curvature of the Earth from the air.
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Old 09-01-2017, 01:12 AM
 
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Oy vey. You can see the curvature of the Earth from the air.
Are you sure it only looks that way because the windshield is curved....hmmm.... ;-)
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Old 09-01-2017, 03:10 AM
 
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Every pilot will tell you that landing north or south is much more difficult than landing east or west. The earth is like a gosh darn aircraft carrier!

I made it almost two minutes into the video.

I also am having trouble discerning whether rbohm is joking or not. Either way, well played.
joking about what? me not hiring him to do structural design for me?
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Old 09-01-2017, 08:04 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Are you sure it only looks that way because the windshield is curved....hmmm.... ;-)

I didn't think of that! Maybe it IS flat!
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Old 09-01-2017, 08:05 AM
 
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Every pilot will tell you that landing north or south is much more difficult than landing east or west. The earth is like a gosh darn aircraft carrier!
Why is that? Not a pilot so I seriously don't know.
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