say this again Flat Earthers will get pissed we know, but at least it’s our duty to prevent the new “flat-terrestrial” ghosts.

Our world is geoid; that is, it has a shape that is flattened from the poles and bulges out from the equator. Pilots too to the poles They fly on a curved route to take a shorter route and use less fuel.

So should this route route always be like this?

It is of course not always the shortest distance that determines the routes of the aircraft. During the trip different technical or natural origin For reasons, a different route may be followed and deviations may occur.

weather conditions or severe turbulence Routes can also be designed in function of the risks. At the same time, the route can be determined based on the airports where landing can be made in case of danger.

Now let’s explain our question with an example. Let’s say we take a flight from Ankara to Los Angeles, where technical and natural events are the least.

When we try to measure the linear distance between two points on a two-dimensional normal map. 13,423 kilometers we see that it is. “Rhumb Truth” This line is known as this line and refers to the shortest distance in a straight line between two points.

At first glance, this image misleads people into thinking that this is the shortest linear distance. But actually to find the shortest distance between two points The tilted surface of the Earth We have to deal with it.

To guarantee this “Grand Circle Method”we need When this method is used, the shortest air route between two cities 11,269 kilometers It looks like a route.

You can see these two lines on a two-dimensional plane, in the image above. Although the actual line for the shortest distance in the image appears much longer than the linear distance, it is above the Earth. It’s actually much shorter.

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