We're on the same sheet of music, Torpx.
The F5 screen chart IS NOT, I say again, IS NOT a Mercator projection chart.
If it were, then the mathematical rules would apply for Distance = Speed x Time, and they don't.
A Real Mercator projection chart compensates for the longitudinal convergence by making the space between them longer, as they approach the poles.
I feel your pain.
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