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Flight route from San Francisco to Dubai. Two maps, two perspectives. (i.postimg.cc)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Either ATC would have you copy a phone number, or the military would send you a high-explosive welcome package. Not sure which is worse.

I don't know exactly why, but there's a conspicuous lack of navigation waypoints over the Urals. It's probably not a safe idea to have aircraft cross over a mountain range when it can be avoided. Most of the airways cross directly west-to-east.

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