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by Anonymous on January 22nd, 2007

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If a plane was flying straight forward wouldn't it leave the earth?

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  • by PcopT2145 on January 22nd, 2007

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    no

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  • by KevinW42 on January 22nd, 2007

    KevinW42

    If it was somehow going in a perfectly straight line somehow, then yes. But planes have a path that is curved slightly downwards and follows the curvature of the earth.

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  • by keithold is a prodigal bagger on January 22nd, 2007

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    G'day fyrefish,

    Thank you for your question.

    If you mean going into outer space, it would not be flying fast enough to do that. The escape velocity for the earth is 11.2 kilometres a second.

    However, it does have enough speed to get off the ground.

    I have attached a source for your reference.

    Regards

    Wikipedia Escape Velocity
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity

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  • by ImNotAnonymous-COAT of Maestro-ness on April 28th, 2008

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    No because the air would get to thin and wouldn't provide enough lift and the plane would fall back down to a lower altitude.

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  • by Anonymous on January 22nd, 2007

    Anonymous

    No. Increase the angle of attack along with your airspeed. That should get you off the ground.

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  • by rudirs on April 28th, 2008

    rudirs

    in a way if you mean not turning side to side then no it whould bend wit the earth but if it was flying in a straight line like below then yes if it was going fast enough
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  • by jaydee on December 15th, 2009

    jaydee

    You must pull back at "rotation" or YOU will be leaving the earth.

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