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Old 26th May 2011 | 14:50
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noske
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As I understand it, Backup Speed Scale (available for real since 2006 btw., standard on A380, as an option for A330/A340) uses GPS only for altitude, and AoA for speed.

Airbus backs up speed and altitude displays-28/03/2006-Toulouse-Flight International
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