Article 44339 of sci.geo.satellite-nav: Path: matra.meer.net!news1.best.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.mathworks.com!news-ext.gatech.edu!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!paperboy.engeast.baynetworks.com!news-w.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!news.chips.ibm.com!mdnews.btv.ibm.com!news.rchland.ibm.com!borg.rchland.ibm.com!wdr From: wdr@borg.rchland.ibm.com (Wayne D Richardson) Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Using GPS on airplane Date: 15 Aug 1997 22:15:53 GMT Organization: IBM Corp. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <5t2kep$18me$1@news.rchland.ibm.com> References: <5rd266$a7f@horatius.ccn.net> <756F81FD1948D6E9.027D4C16AE6AEC86.4EF2D6C91D54349A@library-proxy.airnews.net> <33F49685.39BB@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: wdr@vnet.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: borg.rchland.ibm.com X-newsreader: xrn 8.03-beta-32 Xref: matra.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:44339 chuckfor@flash.net wrote: > > On a recent trip to LA from Dallas the captain looked up GPS usage in his > flight manual. The handheld GPS units were listed in the electronics > section as an approved device (after takeoff). This was a Continental > flight but I've used mine with crew approval on Delta, American and > Northwest. I did not receive approval on Alaskan Air and the flight > engineer thought I was BSing him on using it on other airlines. On Northwest Airlines last week, I stopped by the flight deck as I got on the plane and asked the pilot if I could use my 45XL (yes, I knew it had a speed limit, but I wanted to try it anyway) when we were "straight and level." He said no problem, and that waiting until we were at altitude wasn't necessary, that I could use it any time. He also said that he himself has an older Trimble, and sometimes brings it along to play with in the cockpit. Wayne Article 45116 of sci.geo.satellite-nav: Path: matra.meer.net!news1.best.com!news.archive.org!news.reference.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.uk.ibm.net!ibm.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news-ext.gatech.edu!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!paperboy.engeast.baynetworks.com!news-w.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!news.chips.ibm.com!mdnews.btv.ibm.com!news.rchland.ibm.com!borg.rchland.ibm.com!wdr From: wdr@borg.rchland.ibm.com (Wayne D Richardson) Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Using GPS on airplane Date: 15 Aug 1997 22:15:53 GMT Organization: IBM Corp. Message-ID: <5t2kep$18me$1@news.rchland.ibm.com> References: <5rd266$a7f@horatius.ccn.net> <756F81FD1948D6E9.027D4C16AE6AEC86.4EF2D6C91D54349A@library-proxy.airnews.net> <33F49685.39BB@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: wdr@vnet.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: borg.rchland.ibm.com X-newsreader: xrn 8.03-beta-32 Lines: 17 Xref: matra.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:45116 chuckfor@flash.net wrote: > > On a recent trip to LA from Dallas the captain looked up GPS usage in his > flight manual. The handheld GPS units were listed in the electronics > section as an approved device (after takeoff). This was a Continental > flight but I've used mine with crew approval on Delta, American and > Northwest. I did not receive approval on Alaskan Air and the flight > engineer thought I was BSing him on using it on other airlines. On Northwest Airlines last week, I stopped by the flight deck as I got on the plane and asked the pilot if I could use my 45XL (yes, I knew it had a speed limit, but I wanted to try it anyway) when we were "straight and level." He said no problem, and that waiting until we were at altitude wasn't necessary, that I could use it any time. He also said that he himself has an older Trimble, and sometimes brings it along to play with in the cockpit. Wayne