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29 - ATPL Question Bank in English - Consider the following statements on rhumb lines:

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

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.
A rhumb line that is neither a meridian nor a parallel of latitude spirals towards the poles when extended indefinitely.

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