GPS touches many more systems than most pilots realize. How would a GPS-swaddled pilot do if that one bit of information was denied to every system on the aircraft?
Searching the Sky
Its all Chets fault. The whole thing had started over beers, with Brian regaling us with details of his latest foray down south in his Cirrus.
Key Takeaways:
- A simulated GPS denial experiment revealed how extensively modern aircraft and pilots depend on GPS for navigation and numerous other critical cockpit functions.
- Loss of GPS crippled a wide array of systems, including moving maps, traffic, terrain alerts, groundspeed, and time to fixes, making traditional navigation challenging due to lack of information and rusty pilot skills.
- The experiment demonstrated that while heavily reliant, pilots can still navigate and land using traditional VOR and ILS methods, but it requires significant mental effort and proficiency in older techniques.
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