Re: what is the final word on gps and comercial flights?
- From: Raoul <curious01720@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 12:41:57 GMT
On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 02:26:39 GMT, "None" <None@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I recently was told that it was signature tours policy that GPS as not
>allowed on any portion of the flight. when I queried the pilot he thought
>GPS would be ok but the 1st officer said "you can;t use them because they
>transmit" at which point I realised I was having a futile conversation. What
>is the actuality of interfering with instrumentation by GPS?
>
see: http://gpsinformation.net/airgps/gpsrfi.htm
GPS units do radiate RF energy, just like almost all electronic
circuits.
I emailed American Airlines a year ago to ask them why they seemed to
be arbitrarily banning GPS units. They said there had been specific
events where a GPS had caused problems, but did not give any details.
.
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