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Old 8th March 2010 | 08:12
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waren9
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Nicely done WS.

And theres your answer.

With a 10deg vertical slope you still use over 98% of the horizontal distance of a level turn.

Given that 3deg is relatively steep (for a commercial airliner), you can basically call it the same as a level turn
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