Question 1102273
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The pilot's distance to the horizon is a leg of the right angled triangle, whose hypotenuse is  (6371+6) = 6377 kilometers,


and the other leg is exactly the Earth radius of  6371 kilometers.


So, the answer is  {{{sqrt(6377^2 - 6371^2)}}} = 276.5 kilometers.
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