I have seen a lot of stuff about flat earth vs. round earth. My only question is the flight patterns. Why would I have to take an entire day to fly all the way around the world to Australia? When Australia is seemingly so close to hawaii. Perhaps I’m ignorant to flight regulations. But I haven’t found an actual answer for that.
Answer: the jet stream. There are currents of air going around the earth in different directions at different latitudes, and it’s more efficient for the plane to fly with the winds and not against them. Sometimes you can’t avoid flying against the wind, but it’s more fuel efficient to fly with.
That may make a little difference, eastbound vs. westbound, but Great Circle routes make a larger difference---and they are impossible if the Earth is flat.
But you are so ignorant. You omit entirely from your mind the hands-on proof of the Earth's roundness by the circumnavigation of Magellan, 500 years ago.
Apologies, but you missed the point of Patriotwoman9's question, which had to do with short flights between places that should be far separated on a Flat Earth. Jet streams are really not the appropriate answer. I am sorry that I mistook you.
I have seen a lot of stuff about flat earth vs. round earth. My only question is the flight patterns. Why would I have to take an entire day to fly all the way around the world to Australia? When Australia is seemingly so close to hawaii. Perhaps I’m ignorant to flight regulations. But I haven’t found an actual answer for that.
Answer: the jet stream. There are currents of air going around the earth in different directions at different latitudes, and it’s more efficient for the plane to fly with the winds and not against them. Sometimes you can’t avoid flying against the wind, but it’s more fuel efficient to fly with.
That may make a little difference, eastbound vs. westbound, but Great Circle routes make a larger difference---and they are impossible if the Earth is flat.
But you are so ignorant. You omit entirely from your mind the hands-on proof of the Earth's roundness by the circumnavigation of Magellan, 500 years ago.
Did you mean to respond to someone else? I’ve been advocating for round earth.
Apologies, but you missed the point of Patriotwoman9's question, which had to do with short flights between places that should be far separated on a Flat Earth. Jet streams are really not the appropriate answer. I am sorry that I mistook you.