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Old 10th Jan 2015, 17:03
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peekay4
 
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It won't work well anyway.

Magnetic field strength diminish very rapidly with distance (inverse cube law). A magnetic field 100,000x "stronger" measured 1m from the aircraft would be barely distinguishable from 100m away, much less 1km away.

And passengers with pacemakers wouldn't be so comfortable in the plane...
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