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Old 8th Oct 2008, 12:48
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PlasticPilot
 
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I got once a panel-mounted GSP failure - a GNS430 - due to a bad cabling. We could fly Geneva to Biggin-Hill IFR, using it, and a couple of days later, no signal. Hopefully, the leg home was VFR (no need for an certified GPS), and we had a couple of handheld devices on board.

Steam failures ? I got once a "heading bug" failure. As the HSI was turning, the bug was sometimes stuck, making its heading change, making the heading and interception modes of the autopilot unreliable.
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