I'm going to guess that the FAA and the AOPA at the very least are going to be looking into this. There are plans in motion to base all plane nav on GPS and part of it is with assurances of availability. This kind of announcement has been a concern of pilots since they started flying with GPS.
-Kevin On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:41:48 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "AP - President Bush has ordered plans for temporarily disabling the U.S. > network of global positioning satellites during a national > crisis to prevent terrorists from using the navigational technology, the > White House said Wednesday. Full Story " > > I hope the EU gets it's act together and launches their own band of GPS > satellites soon. Of course, then will come the round of new > devices that attach to both networks? But it'll be worth it. > > I've always found it worrisome that what is becoming a key navigational > technology worldwide is owned and controlled by the US > exclusively.And sure it's the right of the US to shut it down if it believes > it is under threat, but given how things are going and > the reach of Executive power, I think having an alternative would be good for > all us law abiding citizens that use the thing > everyday to get around and navigate or what have you. > > -Gel > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140335 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
