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Old April 25th 08, 09:44 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Dylan Smith
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Default Lancair crash at SnF

On 2008-04-25, tman inv@lid wrote:
is 55KTS and after the turn your groundspeed is 75KTS. Your intertial
frame of reference is tied to the g/speed, not the a/speed.


That is so wrong it's not even wrong. The ground isn't even relevant.

If it was right, thermalling a glider would be an utter nightmare.

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