GPS In A Pinch?

The recent final report on the crash of Air France Flight 447 (AW&ST July 9, p. 54) brings to light the apparent lack of adequate back-up instrumentation when measurement of some key parameter, airspeed in this case, fails. Although GPS measurements are primarily used for navigation, the data...

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