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Old 10th Sep 2010, 14:12
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BOAC
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I'm not sure you understand INS? Why would True North need updating? The north pole does not move. Do you mean how does the platform know where true north 'is'?

Answer - it is a 'giro'. Unlike blondes, you tell it once and it remembers
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