On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:01:14 -0600, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
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.

That 192 miles includes a major mountain range (the Cascades)....

Ron Wanttaja