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The Great Circle distance between London, England and the Island of Malta is roughly 1296 miles
How is it possible for an Avro York which cruises at around 240mph to cover the above distance in only two hours?
Time Warp?
Discuss.
Please sign you comments, thanks - I have removed the statement in the original (badly written) versions of the article it says it was 2 hours away from Northolt when the DC-6 departed Amsterdam. It just got mangled in the attemps to change the article into clear English. MilborneOne (talk) 14:18, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The problem with the article is it is unclear what source the original contributor based the article on - much of the detail isn't in the references provided.Nigel Ish (talk) 15:34, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The Flight article has a decent write up of the report of the public enquiry - it may be of some use - it also seems to recommend that the vertical separation of 500 ft while stacked was insufficient - do we know if anything came of this recommendation?Nigel Ish (talk) 16:59, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have had a go at a re-write based on the times report of the inquiry and accident, some of the original contents appeared to have been made up! If somebody else can check what I have done against the other refs then that would be appreciated. MilborneOne (talk) 17:36, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
At the time of the accident the SAS aircraft was holding at 2,500 feet while the RAF aircraft was holding at 3,000 feet. However, due to an error in the setting of the atmospheric pressure compensation of the RAF aircraft, it may have been lower.
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