And lo on Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:32:47 +0100, scott <sco### [at] spam com> did
spake, saying:
fun mod of my own using distinct spheres, each sphere is the same height
from the surface with the yellow spheres arc length being the same
distance as the straight line between the red spheres. Just to show the
obvious differences in distance vs time for straight vs curved paths.
EarthRadius=6378.1; //km
FlightHeight=16; //km
PersonHeight=(1.8/1000);//km
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Phil Cook
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