Thread: Here's a question for the trolls and flight simmers
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Old July 4th 08, 01:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Here's a question for the trolls and flight simmers
On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:04:03 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

alexy writes:

I thought it was about .5 degrees.

It is indeed about 30 minutes of arc in diameter (the same as the full moon,
roughly).

the diameter subtends 30 minutes of arc.