Flight Planningeasy#870
The great circle route between two points is:
A
the longest route
B
the route following parallels of latitude
C
always a straight line on a Mercator chart
D
the shortest distance on the surface of a sphere
CorrectExplanation
A great circle is the shortest distance between two points on the surface of a sphere.
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