[Az-Geocaching] GPS on Airlines

Fri, 25 Jul 2003 23:25:03 -0700

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I was on an American Airlines flight this week.  I was half dozing as =
the Flight Attendant went through the list of banned electronic devices =
(radios, ceel phones, etc.), but my ears perked up when she ended the =
list with GPS devices.  I'm sure I'm never heard them specifically =
listed before.  I got out their magazine and looked up the list in the =
information section.  Sure enough, GPS devices were in the banned list.  =
I don't know if this is a new policy or not, but I've used mine Garmin =
Etrex Vista on flights for the past couple years and was never =
questioned.  I was on three other flights after that one this week and =
the attendants didn't not mention GPS devices.

Thanks,=20
Jerry

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jerry</FONT></DIV>
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