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Re: Variation of compass


Subject: Re: Variation of compass
From: Brian Whatcott (betwys@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Oct 06 2002 - 13:08:26 EDT


At 12:25 PM 10/3/02, Mike, you wrote:

>Great circle is what you want, much the same as a fix on a radio beacon.
>
>--
> Mike Wescott
> Wescott_Mike@XXX.XXX

...a great circle, such as the magetic bearing radial given by the VOR
navaid, which only pretends to be a rhumb line. (and so limits the useful
range of that aid).

Brian W

Brian Whatcott
   Altus OK Eureka!





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