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Gary writes:

Rhumb line correction is covered in the excerpt of AFPAM 11-216 that I
posted.


gl

On Dec 14, 5:51 pm, Ken Gebhart  wrote:
> Gary,
>
> On April 11 you posted a message with a link to AFPAM 11-216, which
> at the time worked ok.  I saved it for later use, but now I see the
> page no longer exists.  Therefore, I would very much like to receive
> the PDF download from you.
>
> Regarding corrections for flight navigation, you did not mention
> Rhumb Line Correction.  At 500 knots over the North Atlantic, this
> correction is about equal to the coriolis correction.  It is additive
> to coriolis  going one way, and almost cancels it out going the other
> way.  I forget which way does what.
>
> I am surprised that no one asked what the Polhemus Computer is.  We
> used to sell them in the 70s, but stopped when we got to where the
> carrying cases were cracked and the staples in the instruction
> manuals were rusted.  We have at least 100 of these left in storage
> If anyone wants one, they can email me off line.
>
> Ken Gebhart
> On Dec 14, 2007, at 11:32 AM, Gary LaPook wrote:
>
>
>
> > Gary writes:
>
> > I discovered the same thing last night which is why I attached that
> > excerpt from the publication. The manual is more than 70 megabytes
> > long
> > and so I will have to send it to you in many installments. If anybody
> > else would like a copy let me know now so I can send them all out
> > at the
> > same time and avoid having to repeat the process over and over again.
>
> > gl
>
> > Andres Ruiz wrote:
>
> >> Thanks Gary,
> >> The link you in "[NavList 2552] Re: Flight Navigation" don't work
> >>http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/pubfiles/af/11/afpam11-216/
> >> afpam11-216.pdf
>
> >> Could you send me this publication AFPAM11-216?
>
> >> Andr�s
> >> Navigational Algorithms
> >>http://www.geocities.com/andresruizgonzalez
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