Using a GPS on a Plane

GPS on a plane works great! At the moment, only some airlines specifically say, no gps units during flight, so I had to try this experiment before they all ban it. It takes about 35 seconds to acquire satellites while holding up to the window, then it works like a champ! Finally you can tell exactly which town you are flying over. I would not recommend having it plot a course though, with all the "recalculating" it will probably crash its OS.

Anyways, from this, I can tell exactly how far we are from the actual take off strip, our max speed during cruise, and that the plane takes off at about 160mph, fascinating!

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• gps
• garmin
• airplane
• air
• plane
• experiment
• flying
• dan
• krill

[coollestboyever]

hello I want to know that gps on airoplane is available on iphone4 or samsung galaxy s2

[tvu815]

The flyer from the southwest safety manual does have the GPS listed as "APPROVED" electronics above 10,000 ft. I will take a picture of it for you guys next time I'm flying.

[WarpedTrekker]

@Homeskillet1991 Thank you homebody for your nice educated reply! Go back to Ida TV production at your High School and learn some more about proper video production techniques.

[Homeskillet1991]

@WarpedTrekker shut up asshole

[WarpedTrekker]

If I were sitting next to you, I would've bopped you on your head to turn the stupid GPS off! What do you not understand about electronic devices onboard a plane, especially during takeoff? Yes I know it is just a receiver, but if everyone else has to comply with devices, you should too.

Hopefully next time the stewards will grab it from you.

[cgreenland05]

wicked awesome bud.... im going to try to bring my gps on a flight to the N.W.T. starting in Ottawa. hopefully i will be able to bring it on the plane. Im going to vlog the whole trip so subscribe if you're interested. Itinerary - Ottawa -> Inuvik Inuvik-> Edmonton Edmonton -> Vancouver and back to Ottawa

[wj0102]

I would show the speedo to my mates and say, I drove a Bugatti Veyron with NoS in it xD

[jtfraijo]

oh burnnnnnnnnn, he called you a fetus....hahaha

[eyup121]

There is absolutely no reason why GPS would be banned on a plane- it does not EMIT any electromagnetic radiation like a mobile phone would do so would not disrupt anything on the plane. Actually I suspect it might be an anti-terrorism precaution making it harder to plan an attack because no passenger would know the exact location of the aircraft.

[ofys]

What kind of plane was that? i tried it on a Boeing 737 with a garmin nuvi but i had not any satellite reception. good try.