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

Cool! I can't wait! Thanks for the info


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <jgammon1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:33:29 -0700
Subject: [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
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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