Lost Bomb Mystery Cache
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Find the Lost Bomb
Background:
A few years ago an aircraft was on a training mission to test a new enemy targeting device by using dummy bombs. The aim was to test the accuracy of the targeting device. Unfortunately the bomb-releasing device had an electrical problem causing the accidental release of the bomb. At the time of the accidental release, the aircraft was flying at 25000 feet (7620 meters) above ground level at a speed of 195 knots (100 meters per second) and a true heading of 50 degrees. The coordinate of the aircraft was S25 54.729 E028 12.628 when the bomb was released.
Your mission is to calculate the location where the bomb hit the ground. You can use the following formulas to do that. Please do not round off too much as this might lead to inaccurate determination of the location of the bomb. Assume that there is no air friction acting on the bomb.
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To check your calculations (after rounding).
Where the final calculated coordinates is S25 AB.CDE, E028 FG.HJI,
A+B+C+D+E should be 25 and
F+G+H+J+I should be 11
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Good luck! Team_Gecko 
FTF Honors goes to Seeker Two - 7 April 2006
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You are advised not to do this cache alone but rather in a group, as there has unfortunately been some criminal activity in the surrounding area. As with all caches be observant and use your common sense!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Znxvat n qenjvat bs gur jubyr fpranevb urycf.
Ragenapr gb gur nern pna or sbhaq ng (eryngvir gb gur ybpngvba bs gur obzo) F25 KK.KKK+0.089 R28 LL.LLL-0.275.