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Old 22nd Sep 2013, 19:49
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cosmo kramer
 
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GPWS mode 1-4 are radio altimeter based alert and does not rely on GPS.

At least for 737NG, don't know if other aircraft manufactures differ, but I doubt it.

TAWS (Look–Ahead Terrain Alerting) relies on GPS and may be inoperative for 10 days if GPWS warnings are operative.
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