I think qtella is better: http://qtella.sourceforge.net/
Re: Yes, you can fly an aircraft without GPS!
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In comercial airlines they normaly use another sytem for navigation called inertial navigation system. Mainly this systems is used for long range fights as the ones done over the Atlantic ocean. Normally all the aircrafts prepared for long range flights use GPS and the Inertial navigation System. This system is compose by a inercial platform, tree acelerometers and one real time integration system which calculates the real aircraft position.
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I think qtella is better: http://qtella.sourceforge.net/
In comercial airlines they normaly use another sytem for navigation called inertial navigation system. Mainly this systems is used for long range fights as the ones done over the Atlantic ocean. Normally all the aircrafts prepared for long range flights use GPS and the Inertial navigation System. This system is compose by a inercial platform, tree acelerometers and one real time integration system which calculates the real aircraft position.