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Old 01-27-2013 | 03:17 PM
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Kenn Borek Antarctica Plane Crash: Transportation Safety Board Look For Cause

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Old 01-27-2013 | 03:28 PM
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Very sad.
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Old 01-27-2013 | 04:01 PM
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RIP.

How to they navigate down there? Dead reckoning or pilotage?
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Old 01-27-2013 | 04:02 PM
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The military uses a system called grid navigation.
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Old 01-27-2013 | 05:01 PM
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They also use an astrocompass and GPS. The astro compass allows the setting of the DG in regions of confusing magnetic fields.

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Old 01-28-2013 | 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
They also use an astrocompass and GPS. The astro compass allows the setting of the DG in regions of confusing magnetic fields.

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How the heck does an astrocompass work? I take it that the unit has some sort of space based component to it? I'll google in the mean time.
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