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Flying from North America to Hawaii
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. |
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Flying from North America to Hawaii
("cavelamb himself" wrote)
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. Great Circle Mapper: (PACD) Cold Bay, Alaska (PMDY) Midway Atoll, Henderson Field http://tinyurl.com/28xyj6 (same link as below) http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=P...avy&MAP-STYLE= http://gc.kls2.com/faq.html Great Circle Mapper FAQ MONT-BLAK |
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Flying from North America to Hawaii
"Montblack" wrote in message ... ("cavelamb himself" wrote) 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. Great Circle Mapper: (PACD) Cold Bay, Alaska (PMDY) Midway Atoll, Henderson Field http://tinyurl.com/28xyj6 (same link as below) http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=P...avy&MAP-STYLE= http://gc.kls2.com/faq.html Great Circle Mapper FAQ MONT-BLAK Cool Mapper, try PADK-PMDY. It is about 300nm shorter from Adak, and you get more of a tailwind component. Why, When I was in P3's...(long lie snipped) Al G |
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Flying from North America to Hawaii
A frind of mine lives in Brisbon. He flew his B58 Baron to the
States. Longest leg was Hilo to the West coast. He had the aft seats removed and replaced with a tank. Special ferry permit for an overweight takeoff. Fuse tank fed the left main through the quick drain fitting and a hand pump to back up the electric one. Garmin 430 with a backup handheld |
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