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Old February 20th 12, 01:25 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ralph Jones[_3_]
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Default Gravity or Space-Time?

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:48:37 -0800 (PST), 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.

Yes, I'm working on a Spacetime Straightening App for smartphones.
Just tap the STRAIGHTEN button, gravity turns off all around your
sailplane, and up you go.

But don't leave it on too long...;-)

rj