Re: Dreamflyer

Mark Borgerson <mborgerson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:MPG.21ec698f79e4bc6c98972a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:



I wonder if the current airliner autopilots will allow
you to key in the latitude,longitude and altitude of
someplace in the middle of a major city, and simply
press the "go to waypoint" button?

One of the advantages of "playing" the flight sims is
getting a good idea of the hardware. The big iron
have Flight Management Systems generally based on
IRS and radio nav with baro altimeter, possibly augmented
with GPS. The FMS allows you to enter a waypoint as
lat/long, and you can enter an altitude constraint which
the autopilot can use as a "fly to".

scott s.
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