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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: RUsing laptops in flight (was: Laptops and Airport Security)
Message-ID: <228@mccc.UUCP>
Date: 19 Feb 88 13:40:22 GMT
References: <1988Feb1.235615.2612@nonvon.uucp> <374@splut.UUCP> <4407@mcdchg.UUCP>
Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg)
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A friend of mine is a captain for Japan Air Lines.  He uses his Toshiba
3100  in flight all the time -- even in the cabin when the 747 is on
autopilot!  He says he's never seen any interference.

OTOH, I have seen pocket calculators interfere with the operation of a
relatively minor piece of navigational equipment called an automatic
direction finder.  The ADF is used on domestic flights to aid in finding
the outermnost beacons for an instrument approach to landing, so
shutting down when the seatbelt light comes on is a safe idea.

-- 
Peter Holsberg                  UUCP: {rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh
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