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From: jordan@Morgan.COM (Jordan Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,rec.travel,rec.aviation
Subject: Re: Using laptops on airplanes
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Date: 13 Dec 90 21:24:10 GMT
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	I believe the use of laptops on airplanes is prohibited since
	the laptops emit radio frequency radiation which may interfere
	with navigational, as well as other, on-board instrumentation.

I was using my laptop recently on a TWA 747 flight.  Sitting next to me
was a TWA 747 Captain (not the one flying at that moment, by the way
:-).  Sitting on his lap was a Toshiba 3100.  He was editing his column
for some (APOA-sponsored?) newsletter that talks about laptops for
pilots.  He was trying to tell me how to jerry-rig my Toshiba 1200
battery to get it to last 7 hours.

Any questions? :-)

/jordan