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Subject: re: plane phones
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Date: Tue, 15-May-84 09:49:36 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 15 09:49:36 1984
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Phones in private planes have been around for some time. I flew a Cessna
421 in the late 70's that was equipped with a "Wolfsburg" (or something
like that) mobile phone. I also recall seeing a Mooney factory demonstrator
around that time with the same equipment in a single.

The 2 major draw backs were (are?):

   1) $, a quick call home can eat up 20 bucks.
   2) figuring out which ground station is in range and will remain in
      range for the duration of the call.

Larry Riffle     RBD@PSUVM.BITNET