Article 29814 of sci.geo.satellite-nav: Path: matra.meer.net!pixie.mcom.com!news.mcom.com!news.Stanford.EDU!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!204.252.97.101!news.esslink.com!not-for-mail From: Douglas Gerard Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Commercial Airline allow GPS receivers? Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 20:22:54 -0800 Organization: ESSLink Lines: 16 Message-ID: <32D5C41E.3B11@pop3.esslink.com> References: <32D27556.1278@ix.netcom.com> <01bbfe6f$dc82b880$3cdc02cf@x-man.dstsystems.com> Reply-To: gerard@pop3.esslink.com NNTP-Posting-Host: pm2-12.esslink.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) Xref: matra.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:29814 Rick Carver, KGØXH wrote: > > Despite legalities, I am not sure a GPS would work inside a commercial jet. > I would think that the aluminum hull would block the signal beyond > recognition. Attaching an antenna to a side window would probably provide > such a limited view of the sky that it could not get signals from enough > satellites. > > Just guessing...I have never tried it. Actually, it does work, especially if you have a view of the southern sky. I've done it enroute to Dallas from Connecticut. The cockpit personnel can be spooky in their policies regarding use of GPS though. Best to ask them if it's ok while boarding. One crew actually joked, "It's ok with us. You'll know more where we are than we'll know. Just turn it off if you find we're flying inverted."