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At 20:11 and about S4.0E93 after 1701 miles [318 + 229 + 334 + 569 + 251] @485mph and 3.5 hours he would have realized that he did not have the fuel to make it to New Amsterdam Island [S37.84E77.55] — another 2362 miles — and broken it off — but to where???

to the east —


27 posted on 06/23/2014 8:05:14 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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In order to have hit the Inmarsat rings on schedule from 20:11 @ S4E93 to New Amsterdam Ile the plane that had been averaging 485mph would have had to travel @ 560mph for the next 3 hours and then 682mph for the last hour in order to hit that last ping ring at New Amsterdam Ile — and that speed is just not possible.

Fastest he travelled was just before that — 830 miles over 1:40 or 498 mph just after turning south.

He angled east to hit those last Inmarsat pings — but how far east???


28 posted on 06/23/2014 9:31:01 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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