Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...

A coast-to-coast flight originating from Spokane? Spokane is in
eastern Washington, not far from the Idaho border. Must be nearly
400 miles from the Pacific coast.


My mistake. The author called the flight "trans-continental" and
"across America" -- which my brain translated into "coast-to-coast"
for some reason...


I think most people would agree with you. I'd say a "trans-
continental" flight that started in Spokane and proceeded east failed
to transit about 400 miles worth of continent.

Would you count KSEA to KJFK as Trans-continental? If so the difference in
the distance of a great circle route flight would only be 193 miles.