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Old 30th September 2005 | 06:37
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Blacksheep
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Navigating with a secondary system is good practice and has been for centuries. There's not much effort involved in running a raw data cross check against an old fashioned paper map at regular intervals. How else can you be absolutely certain that your FMS is telling the truth?
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