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Old 27th November 2014 | 05:55
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I have just started reading GNAV ATPL and it makes no sense either....

From my notes great circles are generally straight lines the shortest distance between 2 points...a rhumb line is a line of constant direction, the longest between 2 points .

This will change depending on the conformity of the chart..
conic projection, mercators projection, etc

Thats as far as I have read
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