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Forum: Rumours & News

22nd Mar 2014, 12:59

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Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

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Posted By PilotsResearch

Google's "satellite" images

In populated areas, Google's "satellite" images aren't from satellites. They're taken from planes flying over at 800-1500 feet altitude.

See Google's description...

Forum: Rumours & News

14th Mar 2014, 00:35

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Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

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Posted By PilotsResearch

Costs of Satellite Data (e.g., the pings)

Your understanding has gone out of date. Smartphone plans over satellite now have costs similar to what we paid for cellphones a decade ago.

I'm told by a friend in the business that the...

Forum: Rumours & News

13th Mar 2014, 23:35

Replies: 11,831

Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

Views: 24,209,844

Posted By PilotsResearch

Mandatory GPS Tracking

General aviation aircraft have been doing this for years. I know of at least 3 vendors who offer such service at modest cost: Spidertracks, Spot, and InReach.

Basically, a unit on the a/c sends...

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