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Mxsmanic wrote:
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Close enough to be safe and satisfy the tower, since in real life those
are the relevant criteria.

What was the exact figure? 3.2 miles? 3.0004 miles? 4.5 miles?

Close enough to be safe and satisfy the tower, since in real life those
are the relevant criteria and no one cares about putting error bars on
the number.

No one but an anal retentive buffoon would ask such an asinine question.

Especially since the second figure requires an accuracy of SIX INCHES,
something no instrument comes even close to. Even WAAS-augmented GPS
only gets you about three feet, or five times worse, and the
*guaranteed* accuracy is more like 25 feet.

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