: Are cellphones and laptops really dangerous to flight?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "' =JeffH '" <Jeff.Hodges () KingsMountain com>
Date: January 9, 2008 11:59:02 AM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: fyi: Are cellphones and laptops really dangerous to flight?

This is of likely interest for all of us who fly with gizmos..

Are cellphones and laptops really dangerous to flight?
Ask the Pilot, by Patrick Smith
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/01/04/askthepilot259/print.html


Patrick's prior column on this topic (from Dec 2004)..

We keep hearing how the rules prohibiting in-flight cellphone use will  
soon be
relaxed. What are your thoughts on this, and does it not prove that  
the rules
have been unnecessary all along?
http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/col/smith/2004/12/24/art/index1.html


=JeffH





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