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To: Baynative

LA-to-London. Does that route go over the poles? Probably not. If it did, I would hope that they'd set down.


20 posted on 09/23/2006 6:37:50 AM PDT by Tallguy (The problem with this war is the name... You don't wage war against a tactic.)
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To: Tallguy

Great circle (LAX-LHR) goes over Hudsons Bay and the southern tip of Greenland. They could have diverted to Iceland.


30 posted on 09/23/2006 7:07:08 AM PDT by reg45
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To: Tallguy
LA-to-London. Does that route go over the poles? Probably not. If it did, I would hope that they'd set down.

No. In fact the maximum diversion time on the great circle route from LAX to LHR is only about one hour.


33 posted on 09/23/2006 7:11:59 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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Does that route go over the poles?

Not quite, Hudson's Bay and the southern tip of Greenland.

46 posted on 09/23/2006 7:50:12 AM PDT by El Gato
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