Article: 3757 of sci.geo.satellite-nav From: RobinHood@bowandarrow.net (Robin Hood) Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: GPS and Airlines... A Little Secret... A Must Read !!! Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 00:05:21 GMT Organization: Airnews.net! at Internet America Lines: 47 Message-ID: X-Orig-Message-ID: <3b82f23b.9713427@library.airnews.net> References: Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library1-aux.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Tue Aug 21 19:04:06 2001 NNTP-Posting-Host: !a+5'1k-Y*,39n4A9`&/@WQ&i (Encoded at Airnews!) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!nntp1.roc.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!feeder.qis.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!news-out.nntp.airnews.net.MISMATCH!cabal10.airnews.net!news.airnews.net!cabal1.airnews.net!news-f.iadfw.net!usenet Xref: archive.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:3757 I fly American, Southwest and Alaska most often, and a few others if needed. Of my three most often, (once or twice a week on a plane or two) I always have mine with me, turned on and close to the window. In fact I won a $20.00 bet with a guy who was telling me that the plane(s) (727-300 family) have to get to at least 275/mph in order to take off, and if it's hot outside, then closer to 300 mph. Or else they will never get off the ground. I debated it with him while at the gate, and told him I'd take his $20.00. I fired up my Garmin eTrex Legend as we taxied out to the runway, and he and I watched the speed as we moved down the runway to take of speed. (btw, it's right around 170mph, front wheels come up around 160mph) The only stickler I've run into on the planes is they don't like them to be used during takeoff and landing. The Garmin is small enough and doesn't require a 1.5 meter dish as an antena I've never ran into a problem. With a GPS, I can steal from the rich and give to the poor. (as long as I have their x/y long/lat) Regards- RobinHood. N38 40:34.025 W121 09:30.834 On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 06:30:19 -0400, Dewey wrote: >We see *** A LOT *** of threads about how we can't use our GPS' on >certain airlines, and these threads usually lead to L-O-N-G threads >about the safety of GPS on airliners. Here's a new twist... has >anyone heard the story about the airline with scrambled avionics that >found its way with a portable GPS? Check out today's Washington Post >article at this link: > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33379-2001Aug19.html > >Depending on the attention received by this article, it just might >settle things for once and for all!!!! > >Dewey