OpenMDAO / OpenMDAO/Aviary

Unify mission range and distance variable names

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Since May 28, 2026.

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Dynamic.Mission.RANGE and Dynamic.Mission.DISTANCE have the same meaning in Aviary. We should choose one and rename throughout Aviary.
The difference is probably a holdover from the LEAPS2 and GASPy codes.

@johnjasa: We only need one of them. I'd say distance is probably most clear?
@ehariton: My preference is to go with Mission.Dynamic.Range since Distance could be interpreted as vertical or horizontal, but Range has a stronger connection with horizontal movement. We should leave an alias reference so people familiar with one can see that we've changed the var name.

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