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Old 16th Mar 2010, 16:43
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True - but only to an observer on the ground.
Or to the pilot looking at a nav map display, or to the flight control computer system.

The construction of radius-to-fix (RF) legs is all about radius of turn, ground speed, and aircraft bank angle limits.
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