I can’t find it at the moment but there was a photo on twitter of an SU25 pilot using a Garmin eTrex in the cockpit for navigation. Pretty amazing if that’s a normal thing; their own mapping so bad they use commercial devices instead.
Edit - it’s from Syria apparently. Even so, quite strange
The commercial gps is probably way easier to use than the on-board. Also a handy backup and probably more accurate than a gyro based navigation system which may drift.
I can’t find it at the moment but there was a photo on twitter of an SU25 pilot using a Garmin eTrex in the cockpit for navigation. Pretty amazing if that’s a normal thing; their own mapping so bad they use commercial devices instead.
Edit - it’s from Syria apparently. Even so, quite strange