[gps-talkusers] Re: still working on airplanes?
- From: "Leon Moten" <leonmoten@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 21:44:27 -0400
Hi Kevin,
As a sighted person in engineering, I logged over 200
thousand miles on Eastern Airlines alone Not counting our
company plane. I found little to look at 30 thousand feet or
above.
You probably have a valid point. However as a blind GPS
user you would probably have more information about the
ground beneath you than the sighted individual sitting next
to you. Have at it.
Leon
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Chao" <101130189@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:15 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: still working on airplanes?
Leon,
Yes, a flight is a time to take a nap, but it is also a time
to just check
out what is around you and as sighted people. they would
check out the
scenery or what is around their local vecinity. Now, as a
blind flyer , you
would be able to accomplish this same task with a GPS, you
are able to check
if there are any land marks that are around such as various
mountain peaks
and other such things that may show up to a sighted person.
But, if you are
completely exhausted, by all means take a nap.
This is also the same as a pedestrian, you can either just
roam the streets
without knowing what is around you and just focus on getting
from point a to
point b, or get the information about what is around you buy
utalizing the
GPS. You will be able to figure what is around you and what
is all inbetween
pointn a and point b--this is equal access, so why not
utalize it.
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon Moten" <leonmoten@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:01 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: still working on airplanes?
> Hi Folks,
>
> I am not a GPS user as yet but have applied for it
> through the Veterans Administration. Point of issue the
> wattage used to talk to and bounce communications off the
> moon is 1/4 watt. This is a weak signal with nothing to
> stop
> it, however it still takes just over 4 seconds to get
> there.
>
> I want a GPS system to navigate the streets. Why would
> anyone want to use it in flight? Isn't that time to catch
> a
> nap?
>
> Leon
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:44 AM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: still working on airplanes?
>
>
> Hi Peggy,
>
> Actually, receivers do send a weak reference signal as
> part
> of the
> process of ocking onto the proper frequency. This is a
> very
> weak
> signal, and I wouldn't think it would interfere with
> anything, but I was
> told by someone who knows a lot about avionics, that,
> believe it or not,
> the radio navagation systems on airplanes are not shielded
> from
> extraneous RF signals. That really surprised me when I
> heard it, and I
> wonder if it is still true after 9/11.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Peggy Kern
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 7:26 PM
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: still working on airplanes?
>
> You know, this talk of the GPS on airplanes reminds me of
> my
> last trip
> to Portland on Southwest. I had no intentions of using
> the
> GPS on the
> plane, preferring to keep the battery ready for use on the
> ground. But
> during the flight attendants' information about what could
> and couldn't
> be used in flight, they said anything "that sends or
> receives a signal"
> couldn't be used during a flight. Obviously, a receiver
> doesn't send,
> but it does receive. I was wondering if the regulations
> have changed
> and people are just going by what they used to be, or if
> perhaps our
> flight attendant misinformed us. Just curious.
>
> Peggy
> http://kernsac.livejournal.com/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Simmons" <carlsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:18 AM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: still working on airplanes?
>
>
>>I just completed a business trip to Chicago to San
>>Francisco last
> Friday.
>>I
>> had a window seat, using the Holux I acquired satellites
>> as soon as we
>
>> were
>> allowed to turn on the equipment and maintained 5 to 9
>> satellites
> until
>> we
>> had to turn off the equipment prior to landing. I had no
>> problems
> with
>> any
>> functions.
>>
>> Carl Simmons
>> carlsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> _____
>>
>> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> David
>> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 4:22 AM
>> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] still working on airplanes?
>>
>> Hi, Despite more sensitive receivers I have had less
>> success in
> getting
>> the
>> GPS to work on airplanes lately. Has anyone else noticed
>> this?
>> Dave
>>
>> taxation WITH representation isn't so hot, either!
>>
>
>
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