For a flight going from the United States to China or Japan, why would an airline choose the long route over Europe and the Middle East instead of going over the Pacific
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SOLVED:Revising a flight Plan In attempting to fly from Chicago to Louisville, a distance of 330 miles, a pilot inadvertently took a course that was 10^{\circ} in error, as indicated in the
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