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Old 14th June 2005 | 06:27
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
Time taken to turn through n degrees

= (n x 2 pi x TAS)/(360 x g x tan AOB)

Careful with the units; if you use miles per minute, g = 19.065 nautical miles/min/min

At 60 KTAS and 20 deg AOB, 360 deg will be achieved in 54.3 sec; this equates to 6.63 deg per sec.
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