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[Phys-L] Re: thrust > drag

I've always thought of drag as being opposite the velocity of the
object, the airplane in this case. This is probably true in "still
air." However, I can see that if there's a crosswind, that would
change the direction of drag.

In flight, "crosswind" matters only to navigators, not to pilots.

John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona
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