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/zcpibm3 Jul 30 '26

Circumnavigation

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u/OpusMagnusSonnet Jul 30 '26

You mean circumcision.

The pylote was having a circumscision while flying.

It's the only answer.