Talks about the spin of the earth, the ridiculous idea that planes can land on N-S runways on a globe spinning 900 mph, and earth curvature from a flying perspective.
Regarding earth curvature and flying...
Imagine you're flying from LA to JAX -- 30 degrees of earth curvature.
LA being at the left end of the brown and JAX being at the right end of the brown.

So your airplane takes off from LA and gets to cruising level (35,000 ft or whatever) at the point of the first red arrow.
Gravity is supposedly pulling the plane down so that it stays on course around the curve of the earth.
No need to use the elevators to pull the nose of the plane down from time to time because gravity does it for you.
The plane is not flying on a straight line, it is curving continually, and automatically, we are told.
But what if the pilot got a wild hair and wanted to go straight with his plane?
Take it off toward space.
Instead of following the curve he wants to take the plane straight -- to the point of the red arrow A.
To fly the plane straight, he would need to raise the elevators.
To fly... straight.
Are we thinking?
Anyone thinking?
To fly straight he would have to use the elevators to make the plane go... up.
But don't you use elevators to make the plane go... up, not straight?
Hello?
Flat earth. :wink:
Happy Weekend!