Passengers using handheld GPS receivers
Joined: Aug 2001
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From: where ever i wake up!!!!
All you guys that want to get out GPS systems and stick Antenna to the windows with suction cups and trail wires all over your seats have you ever stopped and wondered what it looks like to other pax? In these days of heightened security where you cant even take a tube of toothpaste onboard ,they see a person doing this what are they to think? There first thought is not " look at that sad Anorak" but whats he up to? Why do you need to know where you are? As long as i know i am at least in club or higher and that the good looking hostie is only a yard or two away with my drink and that the entertainment button is at hand thats the only position i am concerned with!!!!!!!
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 513
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From: Sydney NSW
g'day threado
Threado!
How nice to spot you in print. Just browsing. I have a magellan bought about seven years ago and it reads nicely thanks. Clipping along in the old Boynngg before I retd I was always amazed to see how positionally accurate and speed accurate it was in relatively poor signal conditions. Vertical dimension good enough to figure out which Flight Level and give food for thought in the hotel. Mine is just a basic hiker version but when I was private flying (Piper not Cessna) it'd be in my bag or velcro'd somewhere safe and useful. The more I checked it out the more confident I became that it could be helpful one day. KO Sally my other half has a later model backpacker's Garmin with virtually identical performance. On a different note I'm never surprised to find technology in unusual places. For example there was radar in Fairey Swordfish. Not to mention ashtrays in the cockpit once and I have a Boyyngg pilot's jacknife complete with bottle opener and corkscrew!
Best Rgds
The "E"
How nice to spot you in print. Just browsing. I have a magellan bought about seven years ago and it reads nicely thanks. Clipping along in the old Boynngg before I retd I was always amazed to see how positionally accurate and speed accurate it was in relatively poor signal conditions. Vertical dimension good enough to figure out which Flight Level and give food for thought in the hotel. Mine is just a basic hiker version but when I was private flying (Piper not Cessna) it'd be in my bag or velcro'd somewhere safe and useful. The more I checked it out the more confident I became that it could be helpful one day. KO Sally my other half has a later model backpacker's Garmin with virtually identical performance. On a different note I'm never surprised to find technology in unusual places. For example there was radar in Fairey Swordfish. Not to mention ashtrays in the cockpit once and I have a Boyyngg pilot's jacknife complete with bottle opener and corkscrew!
Best Rgds
The "E"
