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    Quote Originally Posted by Mtn.man View Post
    so if you are driving 65mph and there is a fly in the back of your vehicle, and he flies from there to the front window ...How fast is he going?
    He would actually have a couple speeds. he would have 65mph + his forward airspeed, call it 5 mph. relative to the earth he would be doing 70mph. relative to the car, he would be doing 5 mph.
    his airspeed would read 5mph if he were an airplane unless he went out the window, he would instantly receive a 65mph headwind and being doing 70mph but would quickly slow because of the drag on him, plus not having the required amount of thrust/power/wingspeed in order to maintain that speed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by two shoes View Post
    You meant inside the car.... shit I am still not a rocket scientist...
    Some things still apply though....His speed relative to a fixed point on the ground would be greater than 65, but the fly does not have to overcome the wind resistance outside....
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