cavelamb himself wrote:
Morgans wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .

"Ron Webb" wrote:

Come to Alaska first. Then head south from Cold Bay, Ak airport,
stop at Midway Island, Then proceed to Kawai' airport on the
northernmost of the major Hawaiian islands, and never require a leg
more than 1300 miles.

I used Google Earth's measuring tool to get an estimate of the
distance from Cold Bay, Ak to Midway Atoll and it measured the
distance at about 2000 sm, or ~1700 nm. Just curious, but what charts
or tools did you use to
establish the 1300 miles estimate?


I wonder if Google Earth uses a great circle measuring method?

I was wondering who was going to pick up on that...

Way to go Morg.

The short answer appears to be "yes," it does compute using a great circle
method.