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Old April 25th 08, 01:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Stefan
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WingFlaps schrieb:

I see the problem. You don't know what velocity is. It's a VECTOR. It
changes when you turn. If you don't understand this there's not much
point talking about anything that involves physics....


Actually, I know an awful lot about physics.

In everyday's language, the word velocity stands for the _magnitude_ of
the vector. Now if you want me to realise outside some technical or
scientific environment that you use the word velocity in the vector
sense, you better say so explicitely. Still easier would be to say
"direction".