DRAFT - Federal Aviation Administration

Supports: Primarily designed to support FMS and simulator systems but is now being used in C130J, VC10, Sea King mark IVA, E3 AWAC, Nimrod, AP3 amongst. others. Issue/Discussion: Knowing the height of the aircraft and the height of the DME antenna enables an accurate slant range triangle to be calculated, and thus a ground distance. ................
................