Something like this, Mike? tom w.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Day On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 at 19:08 Mike Borfitz via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> wrote: > Thanks Simon, obviously you decided now is the time for something > completely different. I have a couple comments: > > - THAT, good sir, is flashback territory. I've only read about that > stuff of course. And - > - Where I finally got my degree, we had an annual parade with > college-level floats & severely drunken (non)precision marching, etc. One > of the "floats"! was a group singing "I'm an Engineer & I'm OK" > > > > Mike Borfitz, DER > > Cell 206-714-8797 > e-Mail: m...@borfitz.com > Kilroy Aviation LLC > Website: WWW.FAAODA.COM <http://www.faaoda.com/> > > Kilroy is available for aviation regulatory and safety issues > - Type & Production Certification, Continued Operational Safety > - International validation & safety matters > - Program & system management > - FAA STC ODA > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2025, 3:39 AM srbrown via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> > wrote: > >> Mike, Nicely put. So something like this, then..? >> >> https://youtu.be/buqtdpuZxvk?si=uEEnAZ8XjaDIgPF- >> >> Simon >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Mike Borfitz via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> >> Date: 02/09/2025 07:29 (GMT+00:00) >> To: mifnet@lists.mifnet.com >> Cc: Mike Borfitz <borf...@gmail.com> >> Subject: [Mifnet 🛰 73958] Re: NNN Travel Can Be Challenging >> >> David, >> I have a visualization for this: >> A wagon wheel rolling down the road is our galaxy, the hub is the galaxy >> center moving through the universe on whatever path physics dictates >> >> Our sun is a point on the wheel rim, spinning around the hub. The planets >> & asteroids & dust & whatever else are spinning around that single point as >> it spins around the hub. Our moons & space stations & Starlinks are then >> spinning around the planets as they spin around the sun which spins around >> the galaxy black hole hub which... >> >> So it's a bunch of spinning systems that get smaller & smaller. >> >> Mike Borfitz, DER >> >> Cell 206-714-8797 >> e-Mail: m...@borfitz.com >> Kilroy Aviation LLC >> Website: WWW.FAAODA.COM <http://www.faaoda.com/> >> >> Kilroy is available for aviation regulatory and safety issues >> - Type & Production Certification, Continued Operational Safety >> - International validation & safety matters >> - Program & system management >> - FAA STC ODA >> >> On Mon, Sep 1, 2025, 10:48 AM David Wardell via Mifnet < >> mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> There are multiple forces moving us around constantly. The rotation of >>> the earth, the earth around the sun, the sun through the galaxy, the galaxy >>> through space (which itself relates to multiple factors). The largest of >>> these, by far, is the motion of the galaxy through space, which has >>> variously been estimated at around 130/mps. >>> >>> I've never seen a calculation of the sum of all factors on our motion, >>> but one must surely exist. >>> >>> Disclaimer: I don't carry more that a few numbers in my head, so I >>> looked up that the difference in weight owing to centrifical force at the >>> equator is around 0.5%. >>> >>> All the best, >>> >>> DW >>> >>> *David Wardell* >>> +1.757.561.0582 >>> da...@wardell.org >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Revised: 20250507 >>> >>> You are receiving The Mifnet because you requested to join this list. >>> >>> The Mifnet is largely a labor of love, however the infrastructure isn't >>> exactly cost-free. 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