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rhumb line
- Sinônimos
- equiangular spiral
- loxodrome
- loxodromic curve
- mercator track
- Definição1
- Straight line between two points on a Mercator projection chart.
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION; INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. IAMSAR manual: international aeronautical and maritime search and rescue manual. Volume II: mission co-ordination. 3rd ed. Montréal, 2013. (Doc. 9731)
- Definição2
- A steady course taken by aircraft along one compass bearing.
- Fonte2
- CROCKER, David. Dictionary of aviation. 2nd ed. London: A&C, 2005.
- Definição3
- A line on the surface of the earth that cuts all meridians at the same angle.
- Fonte3
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte4
- INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION; INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. IAMSAR manual: international aeronautical and maritime search and rescue manual. Volume II: mission co-ordination. 3rd ed. Montréal, 2013. (Doc. 9731)
- Nota adicional1
- Information regarding this term is a result of researches developed by DECEA in cooperation with ANAC.
- Contexto
- Use a rhumb line or great circle navigation depending on the track being followed by the reporting aircraft.
- Subárea1
- Aeronautical Cartography
- Português
- linha loxodrômica