– how can a plane appear still in the air?

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driving home, i saw a massive plane just hovering close to the ground. it was dead still once i saw it, and it stayed there for at least 10 seconds. it wasn’t until i turned my head away and back and saw the end of it turning away at a stop light.

from a perspective, my speed was around 40 mph.

super freaky, i thought it was a new piece of architect or a balloon, but it was not.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Ironically, small airplanes can do exactly that! If you’re flying north at 60 miles an hour, and the wind is blowing towards the south at 60 miles an hour, you’ll do exactly that!

Hover in the air.. you can’t move forward or backwards as the thrust forwards is as great as the push backwards.

Large airplanes can not do this, they move too fast.

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