The flight management system (FMS) aboard many air transport category aircraft today debuted on early Boeings in the 1970s. The original FMS was nothing more than a computer used to automate the regular navigation chores of entering multiple latitude/ longitude waypoints demanded by the flight director and autopilot to follow a preprogrammed flight plan. Creation of the work-saving FMS also helped eliminate the flight-engineer position on large transport aircraft.
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