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What is This?
I saw a 737-800 of Norwegian the other day and it was sporting a housing on the upper fuselage about half-way between the wing and the tail. I was a captain on the 737 until retirement some nine years ago, and haven't seen this before. I assume either a nav or comms fit?
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I guess you saw this mod on top of the fuselage; Photos: Boeing 737-8JP Aircraft Pictures | !!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's the WIFI antenna 
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I guess you saw this mod on top of the fuselage;
Where did the Norwegian stick his nose to get it all red like that??
Last edited by Capn Bloggs; 30th August 2013 at 00:40.
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AIR RAGE TECHNOLOGY.
Let us pray the SATCOM is restricted to crew operational use, otherwise the sounds of dozens of posers shouting "Hello darling, I'm on the plane!" and then droning on ad nauseam about trivia, is likely to spark off even more air rage than we have now.
And you can't grab the offending gadget and chuck it out of the window, like you could on those old-fashioned trains...............................! ! ! ! !
And you can't grab the offending gadget and chuck it out of the window, like you could on those old-fashioned trains...............................! ! ! ! !
Last edited by BARKINGMAD; 4th September 2013 at 11:28.
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I've used the Norwegian system - apart from a barely noticeable pause when sending an e-mail it is very good. Don't worry, you cant use it for comms or streaming video (or any high bandwidth application actually).
It is inhibited below about 10,000 feet IIRC.
It is inhibited below about 10,000 feet IIRC.
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Let us pray the SATCOM is restricted to crew operational use, otherwise the sounds of dozens of posers shouting "Hello darling, I'm on the plane!" and then droning on ad nauseam about trivia, is likely to spark off even more air rage than we have now.
And you can't grab the offending gadget and chuck it out of the window, like you could on those old-fashioned trains...............................! ! ! ! !
And you can't grab the offending gadget and chuck it out of the window, like you could on those old-fashioned trains...............................! ! ! ! !
Last edited by Ian W; 4th September 2013 at 16:04. Reason: typo
