Originally Posted by
CogSim
That is interesting. How was the track for AF447 obtained? Im assuming the tracks from other aircraft were also from the same source. ...
You can tell that the data used for the AF447 is the 'nearest 10 minute +/-0.3NM accuracy' from ACARS, time in seconds past 01/06/09 00:00:00
http://www.bea.aero/en/enquetes/flig...data/AF447.txt
AF459 track data is every 10 seconds, 100 times more precise, must be from a flight computer download.
http://www.bea.aero/en/enquetes/flig...data/AF459.txt