Vintage year for Cellphones
PAXboy and west lakes:
I stand corrected, 1985 it is and Vodafone did indeed pip Cellnet (now O2) to the post.
Of course, in the US, I'm also aware that I can use Amateur Radio "with the permission of the aircraft's commander" although that typically applies to general aviation. I imagine that the receiver desensing problems on the adjacent airband associated with using even 5W on 144MHz might be more worriesome than 850MHz and up cellular. (Sorry, either I, or the thread, drifted for a moment.)
Regards
Derek