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if the plane is sitting on the ground , it is moving.
and it is moving faster than the ground.


Moving relative to what?

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the earth does not travel in uniform motion. uniform motion requires a straight line.


I did Wolfson no favours by trying to pick out the skeleton of his argument. He did say: "...to the extent that Earth is in uniform motion – and to a very good approximation, it is.."

At least I wasn't nit-picking. smile

There never was nothing.