Real World GPS jamming - good reason to practice without it

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ChuckOman
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Real World GPS jamming - good reason to practice without it

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Alerting everyone to interesting new article in the IEEE Spectrum on occasional real world jamming/spoofing of GPS signals by US military in southwestern US areas, and the implications for pilots.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/avi ... -gps-tests

Yes, military jamming is announced on NOTAMS (you read 'em all , right?) but impossible for you - or ATC - to know when you'll be affected, till it happens. Happily, not simulated on PE !
But a reminder to all of us of importance of refreshing our VOR/ILS navigation only skills in our sims. And habitually backing up our GPS nav with other raw data..

Chuck O
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