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iPhone in a glider?
In article fredsez writes:
What the hell, there are so many rules and regulations that the rule makers are lost. I climb 9,000 ft mountains near a 16 million population, and my phone will probably blast them all. I am not in an aircraft, so I'm legal, but I might as well be. I fly over the same mtns and would like to have the ability to have someone be able to track my position by GPS. My granddaughter landed in the big nasty mountains and spent the night in "God knew nowhere". She managed a safe landing but search and rescue had to be called. If the highly respected geniuses can create a thing like B Baum describes, surely some one can figure that it would save lives and money in search and rescue. Better than an ELT. Think about the search for Faucett last year. Let's pray that progress continues and is not stopped by some dumb ass legislator that likes to make rules. F Robinson. The discussion included the concept that cellphones often do not work on those mountains, or in gliders. Various folks had noticed this. I notice this on a 2600 foot mountain, with far fewer than 16 million population in sight. Cell phones often don't work back in the mountains, or the valleys between them. Look up the details of the family who got stuck in the snow in southwestern Oregon a few years ago -- the cellphone did not work, and one member of the family died trying to walk out. ( I think that he should have (a) stayed with the family in the car, and (b) had a way to recharge the cellphone. ) Banning cellphone use in aircraft is not some dumb legislator -- it is the result of engineers knowledgable in the effects and principles of cellphone systems. Banning them in cars while driving is dumb legislators who don't understand real studies of safety... If you want progress, use a satellite phone system that will work anywhere you get a view of the sky. I think Spot is one such system. Do not rely on cellular systems that have incomplete coverage. Alan |
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