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Re: Coriolis Acceleration -- A general case
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2018 Jan 8, 23:10 +0000
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2018 Jan 8, 23:10 +0000
Yep, that's the formula for rhumb line correction from pare B-5 (page 265 of PDF) or FAA-H-8083-18. But that brings up the question of just how do you manage to follow a rhumb line while taking that two minute observation in your airplane?
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