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  "id": 5332,
  "title": "Some useful terms/formulas (ground speed, tailwind, longitude-latitude pair distances, ...)",
  "url": "/competitions/flight2-milestone/discussion/5332",
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  "post_date": "2013-08-07T13:44:43.750Z",
  "votes": 5,
  "comment_count": 2,
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  "content": "<p>Below are some (hopefully) useful terms/formula links. Feel free to add suitable links:</p>\n<p>* <strong>Air speed/ground speed computations</strong>: http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/navigation/6.html</p>\n<p>* <strong>Headwind/tailwind computations</strong>: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailwind</p>\n<p>* <strong>Latitude,longitude pair formulas</strong> (Haversine distance, bearing, etc): http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html<br><br>* <strong>Aircrafs weight change at a given altitude:</strong> https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/wteq.html</p>",
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      "postDate": "08/07/2013 13:44:43",
      "content": "<p>Below are some (hopefully) useful terms/formula links. Feel free to add suitable links:</p>\n<p>* <strong>Air speed/ground speed computations</strong>: http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/navigation/6.html</p>\n<p>* <strong>Headwind/tailwind computations</strong>: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailwind</p>\n<p>* <strong>Latitude,longitude pair formulas</strong> (Haversine distance, bearing, etc): http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html<br><br>* <strong>Aircrafs weight change at a given altitude:</strong> https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/wteq.html</p>",
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      "id": "28411",
      "postDate": "08/08/2013 04:33:35",
      "content": "<p><strong>Some publications <br></strong>(remark optimization problems in below publications may have nothing to do with this competition - but still may contain&nbsp;useful&nbsp;information to read):<br>* <strong>Aircraft Flight Path Optimization The Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Considerations</strong><br>&nbsp;http://www.m-hikari.com/ams/ams-2012/ams-25-28-2012/khardiAMS25-28-2012.pdf</p>\n<p>* <strong>Flight path optimization for an airplane<br></strong>http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:436563/FULLTEXT01.pdf<br><br>* <strong>Mathematically Modeling Aircraft Fuel Consumption:<br></strong>http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/flight_fuel.pdf<br><br>* <strong>Relationship between fuel consumption and altitude for commercial aircraft during descent: Preliminary assessment with a genetic algorithm <br></strong>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1270963811000459<br>(remark above link requires purchasing article. However there are some, unfortunately low resolution, pictures displaying some interesting data)</p>",
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      "id": "28834",
      "postDate": "08/16/2013 20:11:35",
      "content": "<p>Another publication you might find of interest</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>(remark -- the following paper gave me a bird's eye view of issues related to constructing, monitoring, and adapting a flight plan in real-time. maybe you will find it useful too):</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://libra.msra.cn/Publication/5889679/flight-plan-management-with-george-jetson-as-pilot\">Flight Plan Management with George Jetson as Pilot</a></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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      "id": 28411,
      "author_name": "sfin2015",
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      "post_date": "08/08/2013 04:33:35",
      "content": "<p><strong>Some publications <br></strong>(remark optimization problems in below publications may have nothing to do with this competition - but still may contain&nbsp;useful&nbsp;information to read):<br>* <strong>Aircraft Flight Path Optimization The Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Considerations</strong><br>&nbsp;http://www.m-hikari.com/ams/ams-2012/ams-25-28-2012/khardiAMS25-28-2012.pdf</p>\n<p>* <strong>Flight path optimization for an airplane<br></strong>http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:436563/FULLTEXT01.pdf<br><br>* <strong>Mathematically Modeling Aircraft Fuel Consumption:<br></strong>http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/flight_fuel.pdf<br><br>* <strong>Relationship between fuel consumption and altitude for commercial aircraft during descent: Preliminary assessment with a genetic algorithm <br></strong>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1270963811000459<br>(remark above link requires purchasing article. However there are some, unfortunately low resolution, pictures displaying some interesting data)</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    {
      "id": 28834,
      "author_name": "booksiberia1",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/16/2013 20:11:35",
      "content": "<p>Another publication you might find of interest</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>(remark -- the following paper gave me a bird's eye view of issues related to constructing, monitoring, and adapting a flight plan in real-time. maybe you will find it useful too):</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://libra.msra.cn/Publication/5889679/flight-plan-management-with-george-jetson-as-pilot\">Flight Plan Management with George Jetson as Pilot</a></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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