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Can someone explain why the trajectory making it apparently twice as long

submitted by kammmmak to whatever 3 monthsJan 18, 2025 17:51:59 ago (+1/-1)     (www.flightradar24.com)

https://www.flightradar24.com/AIC189/38c686fe

I am not a flatard but what's going on here


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[ - ] Sal_180 3 points 3 monthsJan 18, 2025 18:13:57 ago (+3/-0)

You're not a flatard, just a tard.

Straight line between the 2 places: https://files.catbox.moe/a5dmyn.png

[ - ] kammmmak [op] 0 points 3 monthsJan 20, 2025 15:10:08 ago (+0/-0)

I get it

[ - ] kammmmak [op] 0 points 3 monthsJan 20, 2025 15:09:21 ago (+0/-0)

Ok well i guess i figured it'd be straighter than such an extreme curve.

[ - ] Tallest_Skil 2 points 3 monthsJan 18, 2025 18:10:13 ago (+2/-0)

I don’t understand your complaint. A great circle route projected on a flat map is going to look longer than a “straight line” distance on that map.

[ - ] kammmmak [op] 0 points 3 monthsJan 20, 2025 15:11:33 ago (+0/-0)

Just seems that most trajectory flights perspective would be from up above at a 90 degree angle making it "straighter"

[ - ] Tallest_Skil 0 points 3 monthsJan 20, 2025 15:45:39 ago (+0/-0)

Could be a problem with the distortion caused by the Mercator projection, too. Greenland is big, but it’s not “the size of Africa” big.

[ - ] FreeinTX 1 point 3 monthsJan 18, 2025 19:07:42 ago (+1/-0)

Its what we call, in the busyness, "proof that the earth is a sphere."

It's why flat earth models don't give you a scale for distance, especially south of the equator. They would be obviously wrong.

[ - ] kammmmak [op] 0 points 3 monthsJan 20, 2025 15:12:45 ago (+0/-0)

I simply figured flights would be calculated from straight above at 90 degrees making it straighter

[ - ] xmasskull 1 point 3 monthsJan 18, 2025 18:31:26 ago (+1/-0)

Due to the curvature of the Earth & swamp gas vapors rising perpendicular to destination' the flight plans seem a bit--Oh,there's the phone...

[ - ] registereduser 1 point 3 monthsJan 18, 2025 18:08:36 ago (+2/-1)

You can not represent earth on a tv screen.

Go buy a globe.

[ - ] kammmmak [op] 0 points 3 monthsJan 20, 2025 15:14:33 ago (+0/-0)

So all flights shown are from the same vantage point? Thus flights with curvature ratio depends on how far from same point. Gotcha Lol.

[ - ] germ22 0 points 3 monthsJan 18, 2025 18:39:32 ago (+0/-0)

I don't understand why flight radar still uses flat maps when it would easily show a globe.

[ - ] Portmanure 0 points 3 monthsJan 18, 2025 17:56:42 ago (+0/-0)

Winds aloft