Analogue Gravity and Trans-Atlantic Air Travel
Abstract
The problem of finding a minimal-time path for an aeroplane travelling in a wind flow has a simple formulation in terms of analogue gravity. This paper gives an elementary explanation with equations and some numerical solutions.
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