Why an aircraft doesn't fly in a straight line path between two points?
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It is shorter to fly the Great Circle route than a straight line due to the circumference of the earth being so much greater at the equator than near the poles. ... Thus the shortest distance between two points on a sphere is an arc rather than a straight and constant heading.
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It is shorter to fly the Great Circle route than a straight line due to the circumference of the earth being so much greater at the equator than near the poles. ... Thus the shortest distance between two points on a sphere is an arc rather than a straight and constant heading.
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