The FCC prohibits communication using a cellular telephone while in an
aircraft in US airspace. In Canada, I don't believe there is such a
regulation.
From doing research on this topic earlier this year, I came across news
articles that say that several aircraft manufacturers have tested the
I seem to recall a program on the Discovery Channel [ ;Pp ] where cellphone,
FM/AM radio, walkman and CD player emitted radiation possibly could interfere
with some old equipment on old aircraft (ie probably precautionary rather than
real risk) .. I forget the detail but on an affected plane it
I was mainly thinking of satellite systems, but failed to remember the
latency problems associated with them so the videoconferencing example
wouldn't work. (not enough coffee today... :) So for latency tolerent
apps does satellite work well when traveling at air speeds? If the
footprint
Yo Scott!
Several services will do what you want. They are ALL expensive.
One of them is Orbcomm:
http://www.orbcomm.com
They have several FAA TSOed (a.k.a. certified) redios for aircraft
usage. With Orbcomm you can send and receive email, weather fax, etc.
Echo Flight is one
: Thursday, June 27, 2002 5:01 PM
To: Leigh Anne Chisholm
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: How do I log on while in flight?
I was mainly thinking of satellite systems, but failed to remember the
latency problems associated with them so the videoconferencing example
wouldn't work. (not enough coffee
.
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Scott Weeks
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 5:01 PM
To: Leigh Anne Chisholm
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Subject: RE: How do I log on while in flight?
I was mainly thinking of satellite systems, but failed
Yo Scott!
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Scott Weeks wrote:
Also, that the cellular network could crash if cell phones are used at
altitude seems like a big security hole to me.
Boeing has repeatedly stated that it is not stupid enough to make
airplanes that will fail because someone in the back has
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Joe Abley wrote:
|-I couldn't find the energy to go swimming in the Canadian Air
|-Regulations, but I did find this in the AIP Canada:
|-
|- COM 5.14 Pilot Cellular Phone Use During a Radio Communications Failure
|-
|- In the event of an in-flight radio communications
Thus spake Keith Woodworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A slight addition to this (maybe OT) thread but my wife was being
medivac'd on a small jet to a larger medical facility a few years ago, one
of the medical fellows on board used his cell phone a couple of times on
board while in flight. I asked
Leigh Anne Chisholm wrote:
The FCC prohibits communication using a cellular telephone while in an
aircraft in US airspace. In Canada, I don't believe there is such a
regulation.
The GTE airfones installed in most large planes have data ports if you
must connect a computer. But be prepared
This probably isn't certified for flight use, but:
http://www.kvh.com/products/product.asp?id=60
would provide the uplink with usable bandwidth. The downlink requires:
http://www.kvh.com/products/product.asp?id=13 for auto tracking.
Tony (who is not affiliated in any way with the manufacturer)
sattelite links do not rule out videoconferencing, ip phones etc. large
portions of the world live with 700ms or higher round trip times for both
voice and data.
joelja
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Scott Weeks wrote:
I was mainly thinking of satellite systems, but failed to remember the
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