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Old February 20th 12, 03:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Paul Remde
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Default Gravity or Space-Time?

Are gliders acted upon by gravity, or does the earth suck?

Paul

"Scott" wrote in message
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On 2-19-2012 15:48, JohnDeRosa wrote:
Bizzare title right?

It is winter here in Chicago and no soaring to speak of - except for
the Bald Eagles that have just in the last few weeks been seen in the
Fox River valley for the first time in many, many years.

So I was watching a very interesting PBS Nova episode on YouTube about
the latest news and theories in Physics. One of the concepts
mentioned is that gravity works by warping the space-time continuum.
Whoa. Because gliders are always falling because of "gravity", I
thought you all might want to study up during this slack season.
Maybe it will help me fly better. Yeah...right.

Enjoy - John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy9gXKwRpXc


Dunno...I think gliders themselves naturally affect the space-time
continuum. An hour in a glider is considerably shorter than an hour at
work.