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Old 5th November 2004 | 08:41
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deano14
 
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Anyone got an answer?

Ok - I keep getting asked awkward (well at least for me) questions by my CFI:

Who can tell me how you figure this one out?
You stand on the beach looking out to sea; you're 6' tall and you can see the horizon which, due to the curvature of the earth is a distance of 12nm away. If you now stood on a hill (or were flying) and were 1,000' AMSL looking out to sea, how far away would the horizon be?

I must be thick cause I don't even know where to begin with this one. HELP! (please)
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