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Old 11th December 2009 | 04:09
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Though inertial altitude is liekly calculated continuously in the IRS, I have never seen any reference to the use of "inertial altitude" in any 744 documentation.

It is possible inertial altitude is used as a feed for the IVSI, but I am not certain. In a previous airplane, inertial altitude was used to "smooth" calculations of instantaneous altitude and V/S (to overcome pitot system lag), but were not accurate enough as a sole source.

ADC is still the most accurate and consistent source of altitude information for RNP purposes, though GPS and/or inertial altitude might be used in some airplanes as crosscheck sources.
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