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Old 22nd Oct 2009, 16:27
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Tim Zukas
 
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" The displacement of track from the N60 Latitude would be proportional to the Sine of the Change of Longditude. The Sine of 60 degrees is 0.5; therefore, the Convergency is 30 degrees. The Initial True Track is half the convergency = 285 degrees. "

In case it wasn't clear, that's an approximation. (Also a typo.) Initial track for a change in longitude of 60 degrees will actually be 296.6 deg; for a change of 40 deg in longitude it will be 287.5 deg.
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