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Question 383 - General Navigation - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot Licence

Is about 1:300.

Is neglected in basic navigation calculations that explicitly use a spherical Earth approximation.

Makes the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters about 23 NM.

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