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   by ackfoo 13y ago

   Yes. It is extremely interesting that both of those flights started out on a more northerly route over Scandinavia and overflew Great Britain. Today's flight started out on a much mores southerly route, overflying Belrus, Poland, the C
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   by ackfoo 13y ago

   Both of the examples you gave are great circle routes. Today's Af150 route is not, in any way, a modified great circle route. One correction: upon looking again at FlightAware, it is clear that the flight specifically avoided controlle
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   by ackfoo 13y ago

   No, you are wrong. All of those flights, and all flights on the Moscow-Havana route, follow the great circle route because it is the shortest distance. Flights that must divert for winds or turbulence or scheduling follow a modified great c