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Old 2nd Jan 2013, 12:58
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mad_jock
 
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Longtitude or zero latitude.

Because if you keep a constant heading you will fly a rhumb line if you want to fly a great circle you will have to change the heading as you go along.

On a north south Longitude line the rhumb line is the same as the great circle.
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