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From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2017 Jan 31, 09:24 -0800
Opting for a rhumb line for this twilight zone flight (observing with a Navy MK V Bendix bubble octant through the cockpit window) :
WP #1 56° 19' S 171° 4' W cse 70° T spd 605 kts. 0747 UT 1/29/2017
WP # 1.1 41° 0' N 106° 0' W 1200 UT
Jupiter Hc 56° 39' Az 358°
Saturn Hc 35° 49' Az 89.2°
WP #1.2 37° 30' S 94° 0' W 1300 UT
Sun Hc 16° 42' Az 99.9°
WP #1.3 34° 0' N 82° 0' W 1400 UT
Sun Hc 38° 20' Az 86.3°
WP #2 30° 30' S 71° 45' W 1454 UT course change to 163° T (162° magnetic) down the LOP
Sun Hc 58° 40' Az 73.3° (LOP 163.3°)
Run down coast to Valparaiso then follow hwy 68 past Lago Penuelas lake to Santiago international airport.
ETA 1512 UT
Greg Rudzinski
P.S. Cheated with smart phone for course, distance, and sight reductions. If charts available then a waypoint at Juan Fernandez Island would be useful for pre-landfall positioning.
