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The Pre-flight Handling of Inertial Navigation Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

K. R. Brown  and
W. H. McKinlay
K. R. Brown
Affiliation:
(Ferranti Limited)
W. H. McKinlay
Affiliation:
(Ferranti Limited)
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Operational experience to date has shown that while inertial navigators are more consistently accurate than some pessimists predicted, this accuracy is only achievable given correct pilot handling before take-off. The purpose of this paper is to examine some of the operational considerations involved in pre-flight handling and to indicate some engineering developments which promise to ease the pilot's task and thus contribute to the overall utility and accuracy of inertial navigation.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 13 - 20
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1973

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