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Old 12th September 2010 | 13:16
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rudderrudderrat
 
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Hi Dude,

How did Concorde's INS keep sense of True North when you were flying with a Westward ground speed which matched Earth's rotation rate? In that case the aircraft would have no apparent rotation around Earth's Axis in space, so no apparent wander.

I'm guessing that the flight time was so short, that the INS just had to "remember" where True North lay.
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