Re: [Az-Geocaching] GPS on Commercial Airliner?

I like using my GPS when I fly. Need a window seat. It is kind of fun to
zoom in and see what you are flying over.

Barry

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My new PDA (Ipaq H5450) has bluetooth and wireless 802.11 built into it...
if they only knew. . . :-) I do keep this stuff off though unless I'm
using these features...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Ayre" <andy@britishideas.com>
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 3:09 PM
Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] GPS on Commercial Airliner?


> The most frequent reason for not allowing cell phones, GPSs, etc, is
> supposedly because aircraft have limited RF interference shielding for
the
> electronics, the cockpit GPS units being one of those systems they want
to
> avoid inteference affecting.
> However, this seems more silly all the time. Some airlines are performing
> trial runs of wireless ethernet, plus PDAs with a built in cell phone (or
is
> it the other way around? ;)) are not banned by the FAA.
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1034_3-1010231.html
>
> Andy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
> [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of
> RopingThe Wind
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 2:56 PM
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] GPS on Commercial Airliner?
>
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>
>
> >From: "Teryr Hernlund - [General Bracket]" <generalbracket@cox.net>
> >Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> >To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] GPS on Commercial Airliner?
> >Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 12:03:19 -0700
> >
> >In any event, depending on the airline (America West has a strict policy
> >against GPSr's), just pack it in >your carry-on like the rest of your
> >stuff. Don't act suspicious and you won't be placed under >suspicion.
>
> That is interesting.. because they have all kinds of GPS equiptment in
the
> cockpit!
>
> I fly hot air balloons (FAA certified aircraft) and I always use GPS on
> board. An interesting note I thought yall might be interested in: I use
two
> way radio communication with my ground crew. The radios are Motorola VHF
> radios. When my radio is turned on, I lose GPS sattelite reception. This
has
> happened with all my GPS's.. my Magellan 300, my Garmin 3+ and my Garmin
> Etrex Legend. So, when I am flying in competitions where my GPS is being
> used constantly, I cannot have my radio on and talk to my ground crew as
my
> GPS will stop tracking! I havent really tried changing frequencies in my
> radio's to see if that would fix the problem. But, have been wanting to
try
> that (my crew if good and I rarely have to talk to them anyways except
when
> getting ready to land). On the other hand, my aircraft radio (ICOM
IC-A22),
> which operates on higher frequencies, has no effect on my GPS.
Interesting!
>
> On the flip side of the coin.. my GPS's have no effect on the radio's or
any
> other instruments at all.
>
> Scott
> Team Ropingthewind
>
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