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Old 11th November 2009 | 16:20
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air_cowboy
 
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great circle or rhumb line ?????

hi all....

if flying an airway... between 2 vor s ... it is a constant direction track.

but are we flying a rhumb line track or great circle track??

but using jepps which use lamberts conical conformal a straight line is a great circle...

hope have been clear with my question!!!!
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