If it's a large flat circle and not a sphere then how would a plane find a way to fly to the other side? What heading should they set in the autopilot system to make that happen?
Magnetic north is in the center. South is outward from the center. ( I dont remember the name of this type of magnetic system...like a speaker magnet or something...) Anyway, this means that east and west are still in their respective directions. If you look at a flat earth map, you will see that when you fly east or west, you are actually travelling in large concentric circles instead of around a sphere. So making minor corrections left or right in a plane keeps you on course, as apposed to major correction in altitude (adjusting down so as not to continue flying straight into space) which would need to happen when traveling around a sphere.
If it's a large flat circle and not a sphere then how would a plane find a way to fly to the other side? What heading should they set in the autopilot system to make that happen?
Magnetic north is in the center. South is outward from the center. ( I dont remember the name of this type of magnetic system...like a speaker magnet or something...) Anyway, this means that east and west are still in their respective directions. If you look at a flat earth map, you will see that when you fly east or west, you are actually travelling in large concentric circles instead of around a sphere. So making minor corrections left or right in a plane keeps you on course, as apposed to major correction in altitude (adjusting down so as not to continue flying straight into space) which would need to happen when traveling around a sphere.
(gravity holds you down)