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.

("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

"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

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