[gps-talkusers] Re: half way to Hawaii
- From: "Rich Irwin" <rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:51:45 -0700
Hi Mike:
Interesting. When I went to Kauai last September with United, I too missed
the midpoint by 4minutes. I had set a virtual poi at the calculated
midpoint and then kept checking the distance to that point until we had to
turn in the answers. With that distance times the speed given by the GPS
and adding that time to destination to the clock time is how I came up with
my answer.
Rich Irwin
rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael May
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 11:23 AM
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] half way to Hawaii
United Airlines plays a game when flying from San Francisco to
Hawaii. The pilot gives passengers a variety of information so we can
guess the time the flight crosses the midway point between the two airports.
Should you have obtained permission to use your GPS on the flight,
you might be able to have a little extra tool working in your favor.
It is a bit tricky because the head winds change and the speed is
slower during the first 20 minutes of flight as you reach the
cruising altitude.
I came within 4 minutes but someone else won the prize. I did drop a
user POI close the the mid point to help future GPS travelers.
Mike
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