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Old 7th September 2011 | 23:21
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pitotheat
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If a great circle is defined as the shortest route between 2 points on a globe whose characteristic is that every line of latitude it crosses is the same (and the centre of the arc is the centre of the earth)you have your answer. Draw any straight line between any 2 points on a Lambert chart and the angle it crosses each line of latitude is the same. Or has my memory of Nav faded that much?
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