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Jtsummers • yesterday at 10:35 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

F-22s famously had major computer problems when crossing the international dateline.


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somat • yesterday at 11:39 PM

The other good story is the C-130 navigation computer freaking out when flying into Bar Yehuda https://avgeekery.com/challenge-flying-sea-level/

tzs • yesterday at 11:31 PM

I wonder if there is a list someone of planes that have had glitches when crossing various borders or boundaries on the Earth?

I remember hearing of a fighter a long time ago whose autopilot flipped out when it crossed the equator, due to sin(latitude) becoming negative.

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