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Re: Trans Atlantic
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2012 Oct 23, 13:25 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2012 Oct 23, 13:25 -0700
Kevin,
You noted:
>Note: The ship is proceeding along a great circle so the gyro heading is updated hourly. This complicates >and induces an error in a running fix of more than a couple of hours.
What type of gyro is aboard? Sperry? A 42 NM running fix error is rather large or did you mean a couple of miles ?
Greg Rudzinski
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