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America’s longest runways sometimes measuring more than three statute miles (sm) from end to end are scattered at civilian and military airports across the United States, including New York, Colorado, and California. ....
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A compass depends on magnetic fields to work. that s how a compass needle knows where to point. that s how a compass needle knows how to point. it s pointing toward magnetic north. the problem with the runway is that magnetic north moves. it moves about 40 miles a year. 40 miles. when i first heard the news about that causing the tampa airport to have to move its runway signage around, my response was, basically this cannot be true. it is true. they have to be adjusted because they re based on the point on a compass and they re moving because north is moving, because our magnetic field is moving and that moves where north is. it moves earth s magnetic field 40 miles a year north. amazing. yet more amazing news about the weakliness and wobbliness of our earth. did you see this today? ....
Are numbered according to the points on a come pass. a come pass depends on magnetic fields to work. that s how a come pass needle knows where to point. that s how a compass needle knows how to point. it s pointing toward magnetic north. the problem with the runway is that magnetic north moves. it moves about 40 miles a year. 40 miles. when i first heard the news about that causing the tampa airport to have to move its runway signage around, my response was, basically this cannot be true. it is true. they have to be adjusted because they re based on the point on a compass and they re moving because north is moving, because our magnetic field is moving and that moves where north it suspect it moves earth s magnetic field 40 miles a year north. amazing. yet more amazing news about the weakliness and wobbliness of our earth. did you see this today? ....