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Old 11th Jun 2015, 12:25
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5LY
 
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Modern transport jets navigate using FMC position info. The FMC looks at IRS pos., radio pos. (by auto tuning VOR's and DME's) and GPS pos. and derives it's pos. by comparing all info and choosing what it perceives to be the most accurate. This is almost always GPS pos. IRS's drift, VOR's and DME's aren't always in range.
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