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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

28th Nov 2014, 15:41

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How are great circle tracks and rhumb lines drawn when not on a chart?

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Posted By Alex Whittingham

Ah no, no difficulty, assuming you meant 'the...

Ah no, no difficulty, assuming you meant 'the equator and meridians'. Those particular rhumb lines are straight lines because they are great circles. I do disagree with your apparent assertion that...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

28th Nov 2014, 13:22

Replies: 12

How are great circle tracks and rhumb lines drawn when not on a chart?

Views: 7,871

Posted By Alex Whittingham

Some good points. I do think it is important that...

Some good points. I do think it is important that the instructors in the industry present as near a unified view as possible on this point because, although 'learned discussion' has its place, it...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

27th Nov 2014, 10:07

Replies: 12

How are great circle tracks and rhumb lines drawn when not on a chart?

Views: 7,871

Posted By Alex Whittingham

this would be my sketch for the above: ...

this would be my sketch for the above:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26811764/great%20circle.png

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

27th Nov 2014, 09:19

Replies: 12

How are great circle tracks and rhumb lines drawn when not on a chart?

Views: 7,871

Posted By Alex Whittingham

With due respect to your experience, Richard, I'm...

With due respect to your experience, Richard, I'm going to disagree! First of all, though, I would like to define what I mean by straight, and this would be 'direct, non-deviating, not bent'. By this...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

27th Nov 2014, 07:33

Replies: 12

How are great circle tracks and rhumb lines drawn when not on a chart?

Views: 7,871

Posted By Alex Whittingham

A great circle track is the one you would get if...

A great circle track is the one you would get if you stretch a rubber band across the globe from point to point. A rhumb line would lie on the equatorial side of that and be a longer (constant...

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