Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
A common claim that all flat-earthers make is one involving aircraft flying over the globe. That is "If we were living on a giant ball, an airplane would constantly have to dip its nose all the time. If not, it would find itself over 80,000 feet in just half an hour and soon it would be floating around in "Outer
A common claim that all flat-earthers make is one involving aircraft flying over the globe.
They also use an equation “8 inches per mile squared”, which is from Samuel Birley Rowbotham's Zetetic Astronomy, and presumably he got that from Encyclopedia Brittanica. The problem is, this equation is in context of civil engineering and not mathematics. It is just an estimate for plane surveyor’s to compensate for the drop in a target. And it builds up inaccuracy as the distance increases.
Well, in this video, we will go through basic aviation and instrument panels, and understand if the claims are correct or not.
Further refereneces:
youtube.com/watch?v=2Wyzjs-PROI&list=PLb91lv-jDD_cPRyPGwPr6n3Ijo_SeRUCA&index=11&t=0s
http://walter.bislins.ch/bloge/index.asp?page=Eight+Inches+per+Miles+squared+Formula+Derivation
Resources:
learntofly.ca/six-pack-primary-flight-instruments
A common claim that all flat-earthers make is one involving aircraft flying over the globe. That is "If we were living on a giant ball, an airplane would constantly have to dip its nose all the time. If not, it would find itself over 80,000 feet in just half an hour and soon it would be floating around in "Outer
A common claim that all flat-earthers make is one involving aircraft flying over the globe.
They also use an equation “8 inches per mile squared”, which is from Samuel Birley Rowbotham's Zetetic Astronomy, and presumably he got that from Encyclopedia Brittanica. The problem is, this equation is in context of civil engineering and not mathematics. It is just an estimate for plane surveyor’s to compensate for the drop in a target. And it builds up inaccuracy as the distance increases.
Well, in this video, we will go through basic aviation and instrument panels, and understand if the claims are correct or not.
Further refereneces:
youtube.com/watch?v=2Wyzjs-PROI&list=PLb91lv-jDD_cPRyPGwPr6n3Ijo_SeRUCA&index=11&t=0s
http://walter.bislins.ch/bloge/index.asp?page=Eight+Inches+per+Miles+squared+Formula+Derivation
Resources:
learntofly.ca/six-pack-primary-flight-instruments
