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Old 20th May 2010 | 15:00
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AndiKunzi
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From: EDDS
The rhumb line will also bring you there, but you'd fly a continuous, shallow turn to maintain the (constant) true track (loxodrome = const. TT) (provided there's no wind). Following the orthodrome (great circle): no bank
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