"Montblack" wrote in message
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("cavelamb himself" wrote)
I used Google Earth's measuring tool to get an estimate of the distance
from Cold Bay, Ak to Midway Atoll and it measured the distance at about
2000 sm, or ~1700 nm. Just curious, but what charts or tools did you use
to establish the 1300 miles estimate?

I wonder if Google Earth uses a great circle measuring method?

I was wondering who was going to pick up on that...

Way to go Morg.


Great Circle Mapper:
(PACD) Cold Bay, Alaska
(PMDY) Midway Atoll, Henderson Field
http://tinyurl.com/28xyj6
(same link as below)

http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=P...avy&MAP-STYLE=

http://gc.kls2.com/faq.html
Great Circle Mapper FAQ


MONT-BLAK




Cool Mapper, try PADK-PMDY. It is about 300nm shorter from Adak, and you
get more of a tailwind component.

Why, When I was in P3's...(long lie snipped)

Al G