I'm kinda published
 

I wrote a little article for riderznation, what do you guys think
http://www.riderznation.com/html/the...f_a_rider.html

Nice writing, shakespeare ;)

It's because of the shape of the earth. Would take alot longer if they flew strait over the widest part. Cool write up.

Nice story Montel. :)

i thought it was because theres a no fly zone over parts of North America. but who am EYE


nice write up!!

What does the shape of the earth have anything to do with flight patterns? Your are at the same altitude all the time you don't just fly off into outerspace. Please explain

Come on people...try to keep it ON TOPIC :banghead:

Omar, fantastic write up. I'm always being amazed at the things you know and do!

Hey jen gimme my chair back :LOL:

In the article hes askin himself a question, we're here to help, lol. And give back Kennedy his chair ;)

Kennedy, take for instance flying to Cali. The flight pattern from NJ to Cali isn't in a strait line as you would think by looking at a map. They actually fly north first in an archlike shape, then back south. Cutting out the widest part of the earth being the middle laterally. Its weird to understand(and to explain) but I know thats what they do. Gotta talk to my freind Nate, hes a pilot for Cont. sure he can explain it better.

Thanks Cakes I was going coo coo for a second trying to look it up :lol:

Very nice write up Omar.

WTF !?!?!?!?!?!? they go in 1 direction until they reach speed and altitude then change course. most runways arent pointed in the direction in which your going (destination) so your heading north.

now picture this, your on the runway, you get the plane up to speed to lift off the runway (still not at full speed) you take off, and your 100 feet off the ground, and you try to turn 110 degrees to the right or left, ut uh, it aint gonna happen. physics baby, physics. now take your bike and go 5 MPH around the bus stop in the Poconos and drag your knee and keep going without dropping the bike. once their at the required altitude and speed, its a straight run, UNLESS your flying over parts of North and South America that have a restricted no fly zone :D

your probably wondering how i know all this, please do ask :D

but who am EYE :)

Good article Omar...well written, insightful and inspiring :) gotta find some of those good/better *roads* to be on...

Your answer is in the link below. Any object that flys within the confines of the Troposphere is effected by this force.

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/gu...r/fw/crls.rxml

OK, I'll bite. How do you know all this?

Flying back from vegas we went over chicago...

Nice read Omie...

Being that I worked for Pan American before they went belly up and travelled to Japan many times, maybe I can make this simple.
Long distance flights are generally flown over an arc because as Cakes began to explain the Earth is widest in the middle and flying directly East or West just makes the trip incur more mileage.
For example, when I flew to Japan from JFK, the flight left New York and began heading NorthWest through Canada and Alaska and kept going to almost Russian airspace before heading South to Tokyo. Flight lasts 13 hours non-stop and if flown across the latitude line of NYC, the same flight would have lasted a few hours more because of the longer distance across at our lattitude. Just imagine an explorer at the North Pole. He walks in a tight circle around that pole, he literally crosses all the worlds time zones in a few steps, continuing South towards home it takes more and more time to complete the circle.

Hope that helps Chris.

Omar, nice read, hopefully they'll give you more in the future. I thought you were actually going to reveal some pearl of a road not often travelled so we mortals could ride it.

Ken