Re: Calculating a Distance on the Surface of the Earth

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:35:48 +0100, nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:

Chuck Taylor <chuck.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:16:59 +0100, nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:

Chuck Taylor <chuck.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:19:29 +0100, nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:

'East' is by definition a direction -on- earth,


Makes you wonder why aircraft have compasses. To navigate the tarmac?

To an aircraft captain 'east' is a direction on earth too,


Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Were you really thinking that a 747 captain
would be afraid of colliding with the ISS
after flying 1000 miles due east?


No.


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