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Old August 12th 04, 05:01 PM
Frank Ch. Eigler
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"Jim Cummiskey" writes:

[...] If so, please define "on the extended center line" for me.
How close is close enough? 10 ft? 100 ft? 1/4 mile? 30 degrees
at 20 miles? Perhaps some of the folks on this forum can just fly
much more precisely than I do g. [...]


30 degrees at 20 miles translates to about 10 miles off the extended
centerline. That would be wide by a space larger than the entire
control zone. 30 degrees at 5 miles is 2.5, which is wider than the
entire typical VFR circuit. Does this basic trigonometry help put your
error into perspective?

- FChE
 




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