SR-71
Mxsmanic wrote in
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Big John writes:
Although the pilot takes off and lands the airplane manually, the
navigation system is accurate enough to put the airplane on the
runway in zero-zero conditions after flying nonstop from Californiato
Iraqand return with four inflight refuelings.
I'm not so sure about that. The ANS was accurate to within half a
mile or so, as I recall.
How the **** would you know, idiot boi?
It wasn't good enough for a landing in zero
visibility. Of course, the published accuracy for the ANS could be
(dramatically) understated.
Ya think?
Bertie
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