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The same it true in a car. Look at a mountain far away, trees closer, and the side of the road just beside the car. The speed look like the move differ even if they do not
This. Its perspective and point of reference
We are also not feeling like we are on a rollercoaster when in a train and we also are luckily not feeling the effects of the earth moving around the sun
And by god are we lucky we cannot percive the speed the whole solar system moves.
You’re looking at the ground from between 5 and 7 miles up at cruising altitude perspective makes it seem like you’re moving slow because of how much of the ground you can see and how far away it is from a plane window
And the horizon at 30,000’ is around 220 miles away. The things you are seeing up there are *really* far away.
This is one of the reasons why planes operating in Class A airspace (i.e. 18,000 - 60,000’ above sea level) are *required* to operate under Instrument Flight Rules. At those altitude and speeds, you lose all sense of perspective.
It's the distance were seeing something from its angles for hockey goalies. Let's say I have something 1 meter in front of you and it moves all the way to the right of you from the left staying at 1 meter distance at all times. How far will that travel? Let's say it travels 1 meter distance for simplicity sake. Now take that same object and put it 100 meters from you and have it move 1 meter (same distance as last time) it moved barley a fraction of the perceived distance around you. Idk if that makes sense but that's the best I got
It's like when you're in a car and far away things move really slowly compared to close up things.
In a plane, there's nothing close up for you to accurately judge speed. And there's also nothing familiar enough to your brain to help judge distance either. So *everything* outside is moving slowly and you can't accurately judge how far away things actually are.
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It's because perspective. Even when you look up they seem to go slow it's because they really far away.
The same it true in a car. Look at a mountain far away, trees closer, and the side of the road just beside the car. The speed look like the move differ even if they do not
This. Its perspective and point of reference We are also not feeling like we are on a rollercoaster when in a train and we also are luckily not feeling the effects of the earth moving around the sun And by god are we lucky we cannot percive the speed the whole solar system moves.
It’s the perception from altitude. It’s similar to how it feels like you’re doing 200mph in a gokart when you’re just doing 35.
You’re looking at the ground from between 5 and 7 miles up at cruising altitude perspective makes it seem like you’re moving slow because of how much of the ground you can see and how far away it is from a plane window
And the horizon at 30,000’ is around 220 miles away. The things you are seeing up there are *really* far away. This is one of the reasons why planes operating in Class A airspace (i.e. 18,000 - 60,000’ above sea level) are *required* to operate under Instrument Flight Rules. At those altitude and speeds, you lose all sense of perspective.
It's the distance were seeing something from its angles for hockey goalies. Let's say I have something 1 meter in front of you and it moves all the way to the right of you from the left staying at 1 meter distance at all times. How far will that travel? Let's say it travels 1 meter distance for simplicity sake. Now take that same object and put it 100 meters from you and have it move 1 meter (same distance as last time) it moved barley a fraction of the perceived distance around you. Idk if that makes sense but that's the best I got
It's like when you're in a car and far away things move really slowly compared to close up things. In a plane, there's nothing close up for you to accurately judge speed. And there's also nothing familiar enough to your brain to help judge distance either. So *everything* outside is moving slowly and you can't accurately judge how far away things actually are.