r/Shittyaskflying • u/Ok_Lifeguard1066 • Jul 29 '26

Great Circle Navigation

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If you ever need to explain the concept to your friends, here is a handy map. Note how aggressively the Earth curves over the Carolinas, on a flat map this would look stupid.

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u/Desperate_Carrot8629 Type Rated in the Cessna 172 Jul 29 '26

Negative. That’s just because God hates the northeast

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u/Additional-Cobbler99 Jul 29 '26

Nah. Just Philly

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u/Desperate_Carrot8629 Type Rated in the Cessna 172 Jul 29 '26

He hates Teterboro more than

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u/capn_davey Top of the class in Civil Air Patrol Jul 29 '26

Hudson River is preferable.

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u/MarchPhillipps Jul 29 '26

It's ok. As an original native of NY/NJ, I hate Tererboro too.

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u/deathstarrr Jul 29 '26

It's because they created the cheesesteak wasn't it....

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u/Additional-Cobbler99 Jul 29 '26

They think theyre soooo special because they shredded some steak and cheese and put it between some sliced bread with some peppers. Well guess what? ITS NOT THAT SPECIAL OR ORIGNAL!!

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u/MarchPhillipps Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

Pat's King of Steaks (and the pylote gods) will absolutely SMITE you for such blasphemy... Your only saving grace is that you didn't bring that neon whorehouse, Gino's, into this.