Garmin GPSMap Spotted in Russian Attack Jet

Darren

Russia's military machine may be vast but sometimes the tech is a little behind as witnessed by some pictures that appeared on Twitter last week.

Posted by @Missilito, the pics show an SU-24 as it perfoms an in-flight refuel from an Il-76 tanker aircraft. But the really interesting bis is the Garmin GPS, mounted on top of the instrument panel in a crudely fashioned homebrew cradle.

It's not uncommon to see consumer GPS in-use in commercial passenger aircraft but it is thankfully rare to see them in a fast jet, presumably Russia still has some whose navigation systems are overdue a refresh.

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M8TJT · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:43 pm Post subject:

Or perhaps they don'trust GLONASS

Davidwf · Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:24 am Post subject:

I always suspected Garmin maps had greater coverage than TomTom Very Happy

Kremmen · Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:59 am Post subject:

Could be why they keep drifting into Turkish airspace?
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M8TJT · Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:06 am Post subject:

And inadvertently drift over the posted speed limit? Laughing

yladnhoj · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 03, 2011 Posts: 9

Looks like the Gamin gpsMAP64 like the one I've just purchased. Can't see how they could possibly not know where they were even if it was cloudy and rainy (and trees overhead). Maybe their maps aren't that good!!?? Laughing

M8TJT · Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:04 pm Post subject:

Trees overhead in a fast jet??? Shocked

Low flying exercise?

Zgnifgjsd · Spammer Joined: Oct 22, 2015 Posts: 3

Maybe they have no trust with GLONASS. I also cannot see the reason why they do not know where they were.

M8TJT · Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:18 am Post subject:

IanS100 · Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:01 am Post subject:

Maybe the OE SU-24 Sat Nav won't take the PGPSW database! Laughing

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