By A Mystery Man Writer
Answer (1 of 5): Tim Morgan offered a very good explanation (as usual) mostly centred on aeroplanes, and obviously the Wikipedia article also quoted is helpful. To that, I'd like to add a quote from one of Tim Hibbetts' brilliant answers that, incidentally, he'd posted just moments after I got th
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