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On Fri 16-Jan-2026  8:42a, Mike Powell@1:2320/105.0 wrote:
MP> Space Weather News for Jan. 15, 2026
MP> https://spaceweather.com

MP> AIRPLANES 'LOST' DURING A GEOMAGNETIC STORM:  A new study published in the
MP> journal Space Weather suggests that flying during an extreme geomagnetic
MP> storm
MP> may not be a great idea. In May 2024, storm-time disturbances in Earth's
MP> ionosphere disrupted aircraft tracking systems, with some planes briefly
MP> appearing hundreds of kilometers from their true locations. Full story @
MP> Spaceweather.com (https://spaceweather.com) .


More like dimminishing navigation skills are not a good idea.

geomagnetic disturbances should not affect INS navigation so airliners would
not be affected.  My concern is that keeping a dead reckoning plot on the
enroute chart prepared by operations used to be manditory!  Not so much any
more.

Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks)
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