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by lynguist 529 days ago
I would do it like this:

Approximate Earth as a flat line. (The 5000ft path is close enough that it is also represented by the flat line. This is the 5000ft path.)

Then make the 33000ft path which is a slightly looser line on top of this line.

This new path is not 4 times longer. Just a little bit raised, because 33000 ft is “nothing” compared to Earth. (To become 4x longer we would go deep into outer space and back.)