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Old 04-25-2008, 11:18 AM
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Old 04-25-2008, 11:33 AM
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I don't know, it's never been a mystery to me that the Internal Revenue Service is a Piece of ****.

Now I can think of what the other stuff means, but I would get banned if I posted them.
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Less exciting definitions for these acronyms...
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I am not familiar with using inertial rate-based nav systems, but would venture the guess lat & long of the fixes are on the left while radials & distances are on the right. There are 3 IRS units in operation. Looks like he was roughly on course, with one of the units being a tad off. Looks like the GPS wasn't being used for some reason. Close?

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Old 04-25-2008, 11:58 AM
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Less exciting definitions for these acronyms...
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I am not familiar with using inertial rate-based nav systems, but would venture the guess lat & long of the fixes are on the left while radials & distances are on the right. There are 3 IRS units in operation. Looks like he was roughly on course, with one of the units being a tad off. Looks like the GPS wasn't being used for some reason. Close?
The FMSs use a position based on the IRUs with GPS updating. Both GPSs are operating normally.
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