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Outside temperature is pretty impressive indeed. The map also shows projected flight plan and ETA, which would not come purely from GPS.
by tjr 7y ago
Outside temperature is pretty impressive indeed. The map also shows projected flight plan and ETA, which would not come purely from GPS.
- rootusrootus 7y agoMost/all international flights I've been on are really terrible at providing an accurate flight plan or ETA to the passengers via the entertainment system. I would not be surprised if it is already a manual update done when convenient by a member of the flight crew.
- tjr 7y agoCould be! I can safely say that not all such entertainment systems work that way, but I reckon it's possible that some do.
- dx034 7y agoThey tend to use what's programmed in the FMS. Pilots will have the cleared route in there, even if they already know that they'll probably get several short cuts along the way.
- goodcanadian 7y agoI have never seen one that showed a flight plan. They only had a straight-line (well, a great circle route) to the destination. ETA was pretty clearly straight-line distance divided by (average?) speed.