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8th March 2010 | 00:24

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From: Where the Quaboag River flows, USA

The turn radius in a climb or descent, viewed from the ground, will be smaller than a level turn. Think of an Immelmann or Split-S, the plane over the ground has a radius of zero, all the turn is in the vertical. How to measure it--beats me?

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