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Old 26th May 2011, 06:22
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ETOPS is a planning excerise. The range circles on your planning chart are drawn without considering wind. For a given track, the wind does not affect planning except where they affect your ability to land at a specific airport, for example a surface wind that exceeds your x-wind lim.
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