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Old 05-01-2007, 02:04 PM   #18943
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Originally Posted by Giligan View Post
He's looking a little deadish.




In which an aircraft flies to altitude, then nose dives toward the planet. In such a case, you're not really weightless, you realise, but the fact that the aircraft is falling as fast as you are lends to that illusion. Also, air and objects inside the aircraft are stationary in relation to the aircraft, and the aircraft is stationary in relation to the passenger, and thus there is no sense of falling.


I knew that, I just didn't bother writing it all out. Most people are fine with the simple version of the explanation.


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