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GPS Navigation Could Boost Fuel Efficiency on Oceanic Flights

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Jets are most fuel efficient when they have freedom to move around in the sky. Climbing to a higher altitude allows a plane to maintain optimum cruise efficiency as it burns fuel, and when a plane changes altitude it is also able to catch winds that can speed it along. Planes flying over the ocean don't have this option. They're required to maintain a set speed and altitude so that they stay a safe distance from one another while out of range of ground-based radar.

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Pilots would be able to adjust their altitude and speed without having to worry about crashing into other planes.

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Reply#1 - Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:29 PM EDT
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