FLIGHT PATH OF THE SHORTEST TIME

Robert Katz

Peer Reviewed

Abstract:	A graphical procedure for predetermining the flight path of shortest time for known wind distribution and airplane cruising speeds is illustrated. The procedure is analagous to the Huygens wave construction in the optics of moving media.
Published in:	NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Volume 2, Number 2
Pages:	41 - 42
Cite this article:	Katz, Robert, "FLIGHT PATH OF THE SHORTEST TIME", NAVIGATION: Journal of The Institute of Navigation, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1949, pp. 41-42.
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