Halifax's advantages included its location just off the Great Circle route made it the closest to Europe of any mainland North American port.
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In company with the battleship and TG 70.1, the warship took the great circle route to South Korea, arriving at Pusan on 24 July.
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Yachts could be tempted to sail into the iceberg-infested waters because they mark part of the Great Circle route, the shortest distance to England.
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Eru?s decision to bypass those mountains resulted in a route that more closely followed a great circle route than the one he had originally envisioned.
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However the inconvenience of having to continuously change bearings while travelling a great circle route makes " rhumb line navigation " appealing in certain instances.
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Here she was assigned to the demanding, essential duty as guard and weather ship for planes flying the great circle route from Attu to Paramushiro.
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The term " polar route " was originally applied to great circle routes between Europe and the west coast of North America in the 1950s.
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The standard mode for en-route navigation is LNAV, which navigates along a great circle route between waypoints, adjusting the aircraft's heading to compensate for wind.
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Over longer distances and / or at higher latitudes the great circle route is significantly shorter than the rhumb line between the same two points.
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After all, on a great circle route, the course does change from start to finish . talk ) 23 : 02, 4 September 2011 ( UTC)
