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Folks, I am a sailor and not an airline pilot. Recently I had a lunch with a 747 captain and the subject of polar airline routes came up. I maintained I didn't think any commercial routes went directly over the pole or north of 80 N.Lat because the great circle routes from say San Francisco to London didn't go that far north. http://gc.kls2.com/ is great fun. Note there's not just an ETOPS but also a search and rescue issue -- survival time on the ice is mere minutes...unless you're dressed for it... -- A host is a host from coast to & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 |
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How far up does the magnetic compass work? How do you update the
direction gyro? David Lesher wrote: writes: Folks, I am a sailor and not an airline pilot. Recently I had a lunch with a 747 captain and the subject of polar airline routes came up. I maintained I didn't think any commercial routes went directly over the pole or north of 80 N.Lat because the great circle routes from say San Francisco to London didn't go that far north. http://gc.kls2.com/ is great fun. Note there's not just an ETOPS but also a search and rescue issue -- survival time on the ice is mere minutes...unless you're dressed for it... |
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