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29 - ATPL - Consider the following statements on rhumb lines:

Question 29 - General Navigation - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

A rhumb line and a great circle will never have the same true direction for some distance.

A rhumb line will never cross a great circle.

The true direction of a rhumb line on the northern hemisphere will increase in true direction, while on southern hemisphere it will decrease.

Most rhumb lines will run spirals from the one polar to another.

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