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From: olsen@xn.ll.mit.edu
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Subject: Cellular Phone Use on Airport Runway
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Date: 22 Sep 90 04:12:17 GMT
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This thread (and the {Wall Street Journal}, and other publications)
has mentioned a general prohibition against cellular telephone use in
aircraft.  I have searched the FCC regulations for this prohibition
(to find out its details), but I cannot find it.

Does anyone know what regulation prohibits cellular calls from
aircraft?  (I know that you need the permission of the pilot and/or
the airline, but that is supposedly not good enough in this case.)


[Moderator's Note: It is not so much cellular phones as it is radio
equipment in general. All radios -- even those which 'only' receive
i.e. scanners, AM/FM broadcast receivers -- also radiate at least a
little via what is called the IF, or intermediate frequency. Try
holding two little pocket radios back to back, both turned on, and
listen to them fight with each other; squealing, etc. Even that tiny
amount of RF could adversely affect the aircraft's electronics.  PAT]