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Old 15th Oct 2007, 20:38
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Endeavour
 
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ACARS can now be set, by the airline, such that it requires either wheel rotation via the tacho or for the IRS to sense a groundspeed of more than 3 knots, to avoid pilots fooling the system as described by tightcircuit. The airline I work for changed to such a system several years ago.
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