Since lift is produced when the wing forces the air above to speed up, the wings needs to be moving through the air, gathering speed, to keep producing lift. If the plane stopped flying forward, it could not produce lift, an thus could not stay up, unlike the helicopter which uses a propeller to stay airborn.

This rotation is a full 360�. So, in one hour, the earth turns 15�. Every four minutes, the earth has turned one degree. In one minute of time, the earth has turned 15 minutes of arc.

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It takes 24 hours for the Earth to make a single rotation. There are satellites that orbit at the same rate that the Earth rotates. This makes it look like they’re just hovering over the same spot, or Earth isn’t spinning.

There is no space to the see earth spin and it does not spin anyway. Earth is flat and stationary and enclosed in a dome or some vessel to contain its atmosphere and life. Nothing is floating in space.

So do some private aircraft. Cuba manages their own airspace, and by international agreement must provide for a legal method of accessing that airspace by civilian aircraft. They DO NOT have to accommodate military aircraft. International airlines, including those of the US, fly over Cuba.

Successive airplanes should all come from the same direction to land. This removes any danger of collision when a plane fails a landing and goes around into what would otherwise be oncoming air traffic.

Turbulence isn’t dangerous Pilots find it perplexing that so many people are afraid of turbulence. It’s all but impossible for turbulence to cause a crash. We avoid turbulence not because we’re afraid the wing is going to fall off but because it’s annoying. —Patrick Smith.

The regulations usually require that pilots fly no lower than 1000 feet over built-up areas, or 500 feet over any other area, and we may investigate low flying incidents. You can report a low-flying aircraft by completing a report a low flying aircraft form, along with any information to support your complaint.

The biggest reason for this altitude lies with fuel efficiency. The thin air creates less drag on the aircraft, which means the plane can use less fuel in order to maintain speed. Less wind resistance, more power, less effort, so to speak. Spending less on fuel is also great for airlines, for obvious reasons.

To contact the FAA Aviation Noise Ombudsman, please send an email to [email protected] or leave a voice mail at (202) 267-3521. These messages can be efficiently distributed to the appropriate subject matter experts to address your concern.

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