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When a pilot flies a long distance flight - does the pilot have to descend the plane mid-flight to match the curvature of the Earth?
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No. Level flight for an aircraft is not flight in a straight line (vertically) but one that follows the curvature of the earth. It is an arc that maintains the same altitude.
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