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Old 29th July 2006 | 17:04
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Swedish Steve
 
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INS is an Inertial Navigation System The box can navigate all by itself. Fitted to B737 Classic B757 B767 and all older aircraft.
IRS is an Inertial Reference System. A box full of laser gyros which gives position and attitude but cannot navigate. B777 .

Easy way to tell the difference is can you enter posn on the IRS? NO you can only turn it on.
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