Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
Yes, 60/30 is 2 radial per NM. Which equals 1NM divided by 2 which equals .5 or one half mile between radials at 30NM. As CG said, the circle gets smaller the closer to the point of origin. If it's 60 to 1 at 60 miles, proportionally it has to be half that at 30 miles or 30 to .5 and twice that, or 2 NM, at 120 miles. I think you are equating 2 radials/NM with 2NM which is not correct.
Picture a VOR with 360 radials radiating out and then tell me how the radials can be further apart at 30 miles than they are at 60 miles...
Maybe they are asking about the long way around!?!
I'm probably looking at this too much from a post-ptobationary perspective, but this feels very much like an "expand the team" moment to me.
"Atlanta Radio..."
Sure seems like it would show great CRM skills to have one guy calling the CPSC or Duty Pilot, while the others keep working the MMPI.