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	mullf	2008-06-17 , 02:28
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Originally Posted by bunanson

My gps does NOT work most of the time during flight, except on landing and take off. because of the altitude of the flight? Mine is transatlantic flight, presumably much higher than domestic flight, I guess?

Not the height. You are actually closer to the satellites up there. But consumer GPS receivers will not give a position if they detect you are going above a certain speed. The idea is to not let them be used as part of a guidance system for some type of missile.

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