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As a marine navigator, I often forget that aircraft also use the
system.  What would pilots do without a GPS based system on aircraft?
I don't think that modern passenger and cargo aircraft even afford the
facilities to take celestial fixes.  Am I correct in this?  Is there
another electronic navigation system for aircraft that I'm unaware of?

I don't want to get political on here, and was more offering a PSA and
comment about the importance of celnav.  Still, we don't know what
this new administration will do or if the FAA and DoD have enough
political clout to keep the system going.  I am sure the fishing lobby
(the only marine people that I know who still actively use the system)
do not have much clout at all in Washington.  Of course this is still
a year away so the funding issues can still be changed.  If  I were a
betting man, I'd say that we aren't going to see LORAN come 2012.

Jeremy
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