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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 1:24 am
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acunningham
 
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Originally Posted by vmsea
This is cool.. what kinda planning would have to go into this type of flight.. the pilot's would have to be pretty alert too..
It's pretty easy. Plot the turning points on a chart and note the latitude and longitude, then when in the aircraft type them into the FMC. The autopilot will take care of the actual flying.
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