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Are sectional paths correct across "long" distances?



 
 
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Old March 20th 04, 05:04 PM
David Lesher
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Roy Smith writes:


The GC route is indeed the shortest distance between two points. Try
plugging 38N/77W to 38N/122W into


http://www.aeroplanner.com/calculators/avcalcrhumb.cfm


to get the rhumbline of 2128 nm, and into


http://www.csgnetwork.com/marinegrcircalc.html


to get the GC of 2099 nm.



And http://gc.kls2.com/ as it makes nice visuals.

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