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11-07-2008, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
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Cell Phone use in flight
From a recent AOPA email:
Question: If I am on a cross-country flight and running a little behind, is it OK to use my cell phone in flight to notify my friends?
Answer: FAR 91.21 prohibits pilots operating under IFR from using any portable electronic device while in flight. And the FCC has a regulation that prohibits the use of a cell phone on any aircraft in flight. Specifically, FCC Rule 22.925 states, "Cellular telephones installed in or carried aboard airplanes, balloons, or any other type of aircraft must not be operated while such aircraft are airborne." So, using a cell phone?whether VFR or IFR?is prohibited in flight.
Who knew?
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11-07-2008, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pocahontas MS
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Guess that means no more portable GPS for situation awareness, no more electronic flight bags, no more digital watches.....
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11-07-2008, 11:22 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Austin, Tx
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Regarding portable electronic devices, you forgot to mention paragraph (b):
(b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to?
(1) Portable voice recorders;
(2) Hearing aids;
(3) Heart pacemakers;
(4) Electric shavers; or
(5) Any other portable electronic device that the operator of the aircraft has determined will not cause interference with the navigation or communication system of the aircraft on which it is to be used.
So, other than cell phones, you the pilot can say what can or cannot be used.
Tracy.
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11-07-2008, 11:23 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Mesquite, TX
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My cell never works in the air anyways... unless im low, ~1,500...
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11-07-2008, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Mesquite, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thallock
Regarding portable electronic devices, you forgot to mention paragraph (b):
(b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to?
(1) Portable voice recorders;
(2) Hearing aids;
(3) Heart pacemakers;
(4) Electric shavers; or
(5) Any other portable electronic device that the operator of the aircraft has determined will not cause interference with the navigation or communication system of the aircraft on which it is to be used.
So, other than cell phones, you the pilot can say what can or cannot be used.
Tracy.
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11-07-2008, 12:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas area
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WHAT...
YOU SAY I CAN USE MY HEARING AID ON WEDNESDAY?
NO, THURSDAY!
YEAH, ME TOO. LET'S GET A BEER.
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11-07-2008, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Northwestern USA
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Snort
Dear Mel,
You owe me a new keyboard.
thanks,
mcb
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11-07-2008, 12:59 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Garden City, Tx
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Mel, that was excellent, I needed that....
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11-07-2008, 01:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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So here is a dumb question. If I have a wireless card in my Laptop and I have a signal can a passenger send an email or a text?
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11-07-2008, 02:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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no email
i would lean towards no.
those wireless cards are designed to access cell networks like a cell phone... so if a hazard exists with cell phones interfering with NAV/COM, it would be safe to assume that the wireless card is creating the same kind of interference.
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