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Old 16-09-2021, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward View Post
The A380 has serious levels of redundancy, hence if the USA shuts off the GPS system, its laser gyro based inertial navigation will do just fine....and if all else fails, a clock and a compass

Paper charts are not carried any more.
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Out of curiosity, when did QF stop carrying paper charts? When did the tech in the aircraft make them redundant? And for how many years did they keep carrying them, just in case?

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