[Boatanchors] LightSquared

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OK.  If they are over North America.  Do glass cockpits still have VOR's?

Robert D

In a message dated 10/08/2012 17:18:51 PM Central Daylight Time, 
frledda at att.net writes: 
> They go back to VORs!
> 
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> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] LightSquared
> 
> And what do they all do when they lose GPS? 
> 
> In a message dated 10/08/2012 16:48:39 PM Central Daylight Time,
> rbethman at comcast.net writes: 
> >You need to come out of the '60s!
> >
> >Glass Cockpits
> >
> >As aircraft displays have modernized, the sensors that feed them have 
> >modernized as well. Traditional gyroscopic flight instruments have 
> >been replaced by electronic Attitude and Heading Reference Systems 
> >(AHRS) and Air Data Computers (ADCs), improving reliability and 
> >reducing cost and maintenance. GPS receivers are usually integrated 
> >into glass cockpits.
> >
> >Early glass cockpits, found in the McDonnell Douglas MD-80/90, Boeing 
> >737 Classic, 757 and 767-200/-300, and in the Airbus A300-600 and 
> >A310, used Electronic Flight Instrument Systems (EFIS) to display 
> >attitude and navigational information only, with traditional 
> >mechanical gauges retained for airspeed, altitude and vertical speed. 
> >Later glass cockpits, found in the Boeing 737NG, 747-400, 767-400, 
> >777, A320 and later Airbuses, Ilyushin Il-96 and Tupolev Tu-
> >204 have completely replaced the mechanical gauges and warning lights 
> >in previous generations of aircraft.
> >
> >Bob - N0DGN
> >
> >
> >I don't think any commercial airline or the military would fly w/o INS.
> >
> >-John
> 

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