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inducedrag
26th Dec 2016, 12:38
Risk of GPS Loss during flight on 01 January 2017.
Enlighten us... leap seconds have been introduced before, no?
DaveReidUK
26th Dec 2016, 14:05
Enlighten us... leap seconds have been introduced before, no?
Most recent was 18 months ago.
A good time to play the Stock Market, apparently. :O
Just don't plan on flying Qantas at the time: Leap second crashes Qantas and leaves passengers stranded (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/leap-second-crashes-qantas-and-leaves-passengers-stranded/news-story/67e4354568ac8e5c491054c1aaac1167)
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/gps/BestPracticesForLeapSecond12312016.pdf
dastocks
1st Jan 2017, 21:05
So: did anything happen?
I note London Ambulance Service had problems early on 1st Jan., particularly with GPS vehicle location systems that would be interfacing with their incident management systems.