Roost Air Lounge => General Discussion => Topic started by: SteepTurn on June 07, 2006, 08:13:56 PM
Title: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: SteepTurn on June 07, 2006, 08:13:56 PM
Recently I had a discussion with a friend who claimed, that our good old mother earth is a sphere. I disagree absolutely!! The earth must be a disc. I think everybody knows, that hunderds of years ago people have been burned, because they claimed such therories!! Or how is it to explain, that I'm allways at the same FL when I'm flying straight ahead???
What do you think? Steep
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: Stef on June 08, 2006, 09:19:47 AM
Well, if everybody would read Terry Pratchet, there would be no useless discussion about this topic! The earth is obvioulsy a disc, set on four giant elephants which are in turn standing on a giant turtle floating through space. ;D
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: ManuPiper on June 08, 2006, 08:34:19 PM
Or how is it to explain, that I'm allways at the same FL when I'm flying straight ahead???
Maybe your airplane isn't powerful enough, and you're actually descending? :)
-Manuel
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: chuckar101 on June 11, 2006, 03:16:54 AM
I agree with Munuel, planes don't actually fly straight and level, they are always descending. No rockets on the other hand can fly straight and level.
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: SteepTurn on June 11, 2006, 10:23:30 AM
Well, if everybody would read Terry Pratchet, there would be no useless discussion about this topic! The earth is obvioulsy a disc, set on four giant elephants which are in turn standing on a giant turtle floating through space. ;D
OhOh! that's an interesting perspective!!! but how old are the elephants? and what happens when they do not want to stand still? there is an angle of the world that goes down and the people fall?!?!?!?!?!??!? ??? :o :o ;)
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: fireflyr on June 11, 2006, 03:04:47 PM
This thread is getting curiosly wierd ;D ;D
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: SteepTurn on June 11, 2006, 06:17:24 PM
OhOh! that's an interesting perspective!!! but how old are the elephants? and what happens when they do not want to stand still? there is an angle of the world that goes down and the people fall?!?!?!?!?!??!? ??? :o :o ;)
A friend of mine mentioned, tha we should be very careful on 20 july: World jump day (http://www.worldjumpday.org) Probably our disc could tilt and we will fall of...
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: happylanding on June 11, 2006, 06:50:28 PM
Probably our disc could tilt and we will fall of...
In that case you get a free "floating in space" travel! Need anything else? there are people who'd pay to do this......................... ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: fireflyr on June 11, 2006, 08:18:57 PM
WORLD JUMP DAY!!!!!---Makes sense to me (of course, the nurse just doubled my meds) I'm gotta get everyone her at the "Old Pilotos Home" to jump outa their wheelchairs at the same time which ain't gonna be easy because of the diaper thing! By crackee we're gonna whip this global warming thing! ;D
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: happylanding on June 12, 2006, 06:19:17 AM
WORLD JUMP DAY!!!!!---Makes sense to me (of course, the nurse just doubled my meds) I'm gotta get everyone her at the "Old Pilotos Home" to jump outa their wheelchairs at the same time which ain't gonna be easy because of the diaper thing! By crackee we're gonna whip this global warming thing! ;D
Come on, Fireflyr! We count on you to remember the date, the time and to organize the jump with all your wheelchairs diapered mates!!!!
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on June 13, 2006, 05:10:53 AM
Which reminds me, there's a nice but short article about Scott Crossfield in this months Plane and Pilot. I didn't realize he was also one of the designers of the X-15. His life was one of cosmic timing---the right man at the right place with the right skills at exactly the right moment! |:)\
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: SteepTurn on June 13, 2006, 10:44:22 AM
Which reminds me, there's a nice but short article about Scott Crossfield in this months Plane and Pilot. I didn't realize he was also one of the designers of the X-15. His life was one of cosmic timing---the right man at the right place with the right skills at exactly the right moment! |:)\
...and what's his opinion about this thread??? ??? ;D
Title: Re: Earth is a disc!!!
Post by: fireflyr on June 14, 2006, 12:17:40 AM
Well Gee Steep, I guess he would approve but since he was killed in April, I guess it would be tough to find out :-\
