On the equator, you still have to correct to the north to maintain an east or west heading. On a globe you could travel straight with no deviation but that isn't what we experience.
Please find me a video of a satellite being launched into space that isn't either cgi, or being suspended from an extremely large high altitude balloon.
It's called the equator because that's the point where the sun is equal distance from the tropics as it makes its path around the plane.
So why isn't the sun flat? Or is it just a pinhole through the nether that shows a realm of Oblivion?
It has been proven that if you fly directly one direction, you will eventually end up back where you began. This is not economical because flying against the rotation of the planet reduces fuel costs and travel time, and planes travel along the poles because it is a shorter distance -- and safer, more fuel efficient, etc. -- across the ocean.
The Earth is not flat. It is spherical. But also not a perfect sphere either.
If you flew west, you would reach Japan. If you flew east, you would reach Japan. This is not some magical thing. The Earth is not flat.
That's not true. Traveling east and west you have to correct to the north to maintain your heading. It's the same on flat earth and globe. What would prove a globe is north south circumnavigation but that's never been done. North pole is the center, south is every direction away from north. East and west are circles. It's not overly complicated.
On the equator, you still have to correct to the north to maintain an east or west heading. On a globe you could travel straight with no deviation but that isn't what we experience.
Please find me a video of a satellite being launched into space that isn't either cgi, or being suspended from an extremely large high altitude balloon.
It's called the equator because that's the point where the sun is equal distance from the tropics as it makes its path around the plane.
So why isn't the sun flat? Or is it just a pinhole through the nether that shows a realm of Oblivion?
It has been proven that if you fly directly one direction, you will eventually end up back where you began. This is not economical because flying against the rotation of the planet reduces fuel costs and travel time, and planes travel along the poles because it is a shorter distance -- and safer, more fuel efficient, etc. -- across the ocean.
The Earth is not flat. It is spherical. But also not a perfect sphere either.
If you flew west, you would reach Japan. If you flew east, you would reach Japan. This is not some magical thing. The Earth is not flat.
That's not true. Traveling east and west you have to correct to the north to maintain your heading. It's the same on flat earth and globe. What would prove a globe is north south circumnavigation but that's never been done. North pole is the center, south is every direction away from north. East and west are circles. It's not overly complicated.