Flying a rhumb line track (amended)
Good day,
Could anyone help me with this question.
an aircraft is tracking a great circle track, there is a large bearing change between departure and arrival points. If the aircraft were to fly the rhumb line heading of the track at the departure point, would it end up arriving overhead the destination airport?
Thank you all in advance.
Sorry about the confusion.
what I'd like to ask is:-
if an aircraft is tracking a great circle track, neither the equator nor the meridians, it will need to change heading constantly as far as I know.
halfway of this great circle track, we find a rhumb line heading, if I were to use this heading I found halfway of the great circle, and take off and maintain such heading at the departure airport.
would I end up arriving at the destination airport?
Last edited by StudentATP; 23rd May 2010 at 06:58.