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Old 13th March 2007 | 17:22
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FE Hoppy
 
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Heading is derived from the IRS on modern AC. No magnetic compass system.
IRS aligns to true north then adds local variation to display mag heading. The local variation is stored in the IRS memory somewhere and as it changes with time the variation table or map must also be updated.
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