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Originally Posted by Dennis
Hey Al
Thanks for the maths, but, 165° puts me somewhere between New Caledonia and NZ!  Was that a typo? 
Cheers
Dennis |
Whoa!
No need to swim that far!
The 165° is a bearing measured clockwise from true north... the distance was only 6ks.
I've since realised that my rough maths really only applies if the pass was directly overhead
, otherwise the distance would have to be divided by the cosine of the altitude at closest approach...
Al.