[gps-talkusers] Re: using GPS on an aircraft

I've had good and bad luck. On my last trip to L.A. riding on the right side of the plane I was facing southwest and had intermitent, or no sattelite acquisition for quite a bit of the flight. Mike recommends taking the receiver out of its case and putting it between the window shade and the window. Just don't forget it when deplaning! Coming back from L.A. I was also sitting on the side of the plane facing southwest and had no acquisition problems using the H 1000. Safe to say it's best to get the receiver as close to the window as possible without holding it outside. Smile. It's quite accurate. You can hear all the same stuff you would hear on the ground and if your arrival airport is programmed as your destination it is cool to see how far you have gone You can also put in your starting location before you depart so you can judge the half way point. I also marked a couple of spots noting the elevation and kind of where I was on the way back to Oakland then later when we were driving south from Oakland, I could reference that user poi and see how close we came to it on the freeway. Flying over ocean is boring as there are of course no reference points to look for but maybe some fixed nav aids. Jim
----- Original Message ----- From: "Zach D" <chickerland@xxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:20 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] using GPS on an aircraft



Hello list members,
Once the aircraft gets above 10,000 feet, I found out that you can use GPS devices (at least on American Airlines.) How accurate will it be? I will be using a Hollux m1000 and a mpower. 

Zach

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