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Old 24th Feb 2009, 18:32
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EGPWS

Ground Proximity Warning System

Part of the Terrain Awareness and Warning System, the GPWS function is a function providing alerts for excessive terrain closure rate, inadvertent descents, altitude loss after takeoff, excessive bank angle or pitch attitude as well as excessive descent below an ILS Glide-Slope.

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