Airports and GPSr units?

[Trekkin and Birdin]

In the carryon or checked bags? I’ll be taking my Garmin and the nuvi. Thanks.

[AuntieNae]

Always carry on ..
that is .. unless you do not mind the possiblity they are taken from your luggage or broken from how your luggage is handled.

[cheezehead]

I’d put them in the carry on. Ask the Capt. id it would be all right to turn it one during the flight. You can fallow where you flew over and how fast your going and claim fly over caches 😉

[DGDK]

I’ve carried on both my Nuvi and my Garmin before without any trouble. I’ve never turned them on though, becuase I just assume the pilot knows where we’re going.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Okay, thanks….figured it was pretty much like the camera, but just wanted to be sure.

Lots of planes seem to have those map thingies built right into the tiny tv in the seat in front of you. Strange fascination, especially when one is captive on a long flight!

[RSplash40]

If you carry it on, make sure you have batteries that work, I’ve had to turn cell phones on/off, laptops, camera’s etc.

[gotta run]

@cheezehead wrote:

You can fallow where you flew over and how fast your going and claim fly over caches 😉

Hmmmm…I have an idea…. 😈

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[Team Black-Cat]

@RSplash40 wrote:

If you carry it on, make sure you have batteries that work, I’ve had to turn cell phones on/off, laptops, camera’s etc.

Only ‘cuz you look like the dangerous type. 😛

[zuma]

If you sit in a window seat, it is very cool to watch the nuvi and see where you are, and compare the roads below to the map on the nuvi….works most of the time, but not always….best to turn it on before you get to far away from you starting point so that it can find the satellites faster.

z

[zoesbrother]

I took mine on the plane out to DC and used it without incident. I had all my fellow CC runners asking me questions.

[Lostby7]

Last time I was on a plane both me and the guy next to me had our GPS units at the window…..

[Mathman]

@zuma wrote:

If you sit in a window seat, it is very cool to watch the nuvi and see where you are, and compare the roads below to the map on the nuvi….works most of the time, but not always….best to turn it on before you get to far away from you starting point so that it can find the satellites faster.

z

The key is to have a window seat, otherwise you willl lose satellite reception quickly. It is fun to watch. I have had only one airline pilot tell me I couldn’t use it of the 4 flights that I have taken with a GPSr. It’s funny how all the people around you will keep asking you where we are at a given moment, or what body of water we just crossed, etc.

[gotta run]

@Mathman wrote:

I have had only one airline pilot tell me I couldn’t use it of the 4 flights that I have taken with a GPSr.

😕

I’m assuming there’s at least one of them he’s using up in the cockpit somwhere. Oh well, don’t argue with the pilot if you want to stay on the plane!

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[zuma]

@gotta run wrote:

@Mathman wrote:

I have had only one airline pilot tell me I couldn’t use it of the 4 flights that I have taken with a GPSr.

😕

I’m assuming there’s at least one of them he’s using up in the cockpit somwhere. Oh well, don’t argue with the pilot if you want to stay on the plane!

The same is true of cell phones…the airlines make a big deal about no cell phones cuz they might mess up the navigation equipment……But is there research to support that? No.

Sometimes hospitals also make a big fuss about no cell phones. I recently did a review of the literture on this, and there is zero evidence that modern day cell phones interfere in any way with modern day medical equipment. At our hospital, we also checked with the manufacturer of our monitoring and dialysis and ventilatior electronic equipment, and there is no evidence that cell phone use is a problem at all, despite popular belief that there are issues. Anyway, as a result, we now allow use of cell phones anywhere, and there are no issues.

Yet, if the pilot or nurse says no cell phone, I guess ya gotta do it cuz they say so…..But there is no actual evidence that it is an issue. (This may have not been the case in the past when cell phones made up for lack of technology with raw output power and medical equipment was less well designed.)

The point here is that there is no way a hand held gps is going to cause a problem in a plane, but I suppose if the airline thinks it does, ya gotta do what they say.

z

[cheezehead]

Another good tip is as your passing cockpit as your getting off the plan shout a thanks to the Captain for letting you use your GPS.

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