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Re: Weems Star Altitude Curves
From: Murray Peake
Date: 2020 Feb 5, 18:39 +0100
From: Murray Peake
Date: 2020 Feb 5, 18:39 +0100
Hi Tony,
I bought a volume or two of the Weems Charts and tried to match the printed version - http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Weems-Star-Altitude-Curves-MurrayPeake-nov-2017-g40651 posts the code and an example of the output. As far as I can see it produces pretty much identical curves to the original. There were two versions I think - the RAF version and the USAAF version - the USAAF version had LST on the x-axis, the RAF version had something else which escapes me...
I think the Weems Curves are a pretty neat solution for aircraft where visibility is not obscured by clouds and the speed of travel requires a quick and not over-precise fix.
Regards
Murray
On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 6:10 PM Tony Oz <NoReply_TonyOz@fer3.com> wrote:
Dear Murray,
Some time ago you've posted a code snippet and a sample of the Weems Star Altitude Curves.
What has become of this project?
Thank you in advance.
Warm regards,
Tony
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