Re: what the? we r allowed mobile phones on planes u say?

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From: Mick
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:34

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Craig Welch wrote:
> On 3 Jun 2005 01:54:25 -0700, "Greg Alexander"
> <galexand@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> 
> 
>>That's what I'd heard - actually a small plane in the UK had a guy
>>making a mobile call, and the sheer number of base stations he was
>>connecting to simultaneously (some on the same frequency) and swapping
>>between base stations constantly caused a software crash. That was a
>>long time ago though, pilots on small planes use mobiles (when not
>>flying hopefully?) and people leave their mobiles on all the time
>>accidentally during flights.
> 
> 
> Pilots in General Aviation use their mobile planes often, whilst
> flying, without any problems to ground stations whatsoever.
> 
Of course they do - and the dozens, perhaps hundreds, who 
made their last ever calls to loved ones from faster 
aircraft at higher altitudes on Sept 11 2001 found 
connecting effectively to ground stations the least of their 
problems.

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