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Dave, if the earth is a globe, then it doesn't matter how far a plane flies, it will never have the ground "slowly drop beneath it" unless it's gaining altitude, hence my question, can a plane start by flying horizontally, and eventually nose up until it's flying vertically? Which just...

Dave, If you want discussion, answer the questions that are put to you.

Answer the questions, Dave: Can a plane fly sideways? Can a plane go from flying horizontally to flying vertically?

Just answer the question Dave. I'm not going to let you avoid this. Can a plane fly sideways? Can a plane slowly bring it's nose up and go from flying horizontally to flying vertically?

"Ballistic" means nothing to him because he rejects the concept of gravity.

Can it fly sideways? :think: Dave, can a plane slowly bring it's nose up and go from flying horizontally to flying straight up vertically?

Saying something doesn't make it true, Dave. Show how I'm wrong, please.

Dave, for someone who doesn't even think that gravity exists, you sure do have a lot of opinions of how it does NOT work. If a plane is always level, and gravity is pulling down on it constantly, and it's flying in a straight path, it will always be at the "top" of the "hill" that is the...

Dave, I said a plane. I didn't say spaceship or space ramp. I said plane. If a plane is flying along a straight path along the equator, it's not going to see any drop, because it's not changing it's "attitude," or pitch.

Dave, just a quick question: Do you even own a telescope?

Dave, to put that into perspective, on a round earth, a plane traveling at 600 mph would take 44.5 (give or take) hours to circle the earth at the equator (about 24,901 miles in circumference), traveling in a straight line. Do you really think that such an adjustment would be noticable? Edit...

What do you want, Dave, pictures of people getting their picture taken next to a galaxy? You do realize that the nearest galaxy to us is 70,000 light-years away, right? (not including our own Milky Way, which has a diameter of 100,000 light-years) That means that it takes light 70,000 years...

Dave, are you saying that all Christians who believe the earth is round must also believe in the Big Bang and evolution? Also, do you mean multiple universes? Because there are in fact many billions of galaxies...

Because the camera is "fixed" in relation to the paper/rigging. See my above comment for a better argument. In other words, I get what you're saying, but it's not a very strong argument.

Dave, again, I make the argument that if the curvature is ONLY due to the type of lens used, then if the horizon is truly flat, then the horizon should bend up and down equal amounts throughout the entire video. I can almost guarantee you though ("almost" because I haven't calculated it myself)...

Explain why a Foucault Pendulum works as if the earth is round if the earth is, as you say, flat. For those who don't know what a Foucault Pendulum is, you can Google it, or just know that it's something that demonstrates the rotation of the earth by swinging a pendulum over one point. It does...

Incorrect. You could fly in a straight line around the equator and NEVER (unless the world froze) run into any ice walls. In fact, you could fly in a number of straight lines (as long as your flights never cross 60 degrees north or south of the equator on a globe. Did you forget about the...

Coriolis has been discussed, but the Foucault pendulum was never discussed... That would be interesting to discuss...