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Old 7th Sep 2010, 07:08
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If one were a truly anal pilot, yes. We more normal pilots prefer to think that when we are flying in a 40kt for 15 minutes we are displaced 10 miles downwind from where we would have been in still air - so we aim 10 miles the other way. Simple but effective. Very little trigonometry/calculus/transformation required. Even easier for magenta-liners as the software does it for you.
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