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Old Sep 22, 2001 | 6:58 pm
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The great circle mapper gives the distances a little bit differently:
http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=m...avy&MAP-STYLE=

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by thadocta:
According to the brochure, MEL-SIN is 3749 miles. SIN-LON is 6758 miles. This adds up to 10507 miles.
But according to the brochure, MEL-LON is 10518 miles. These are Great Circle distances, which is the absolute shortest distance between two points.
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