Hi Bill, I've done this a few times, with mixed success, using an AMOD AGL3080 GPS data logger. I managed to capture an entire flight from HKG to SFO. That was from a South facing window seat. One thing to watch out for is getting a good solid lock on the ground (e.g. in the boarding lounge) before the aircraft starts moving. Once in the air, these units seem to have a lot of trouble acquiring an initial fix. On one flight, my unit did not lock for almost 30 minutes, even though it was switched on as I boarded the aircraft. Of course, with a logging unit, you don't have a display, just a few status lights to let you know if it's working or not. It isn't until you're on the ground connected to a computer that you can tell how good the log is.
A jacket with shoulder pockets, such as a flight jacket, works nicely for positioning the unit with a view of the sky, if you have a window seat. An iPod exercise arm band would be another way to go, but might not be as inconspicuous. Good luck! - Chad. On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Bill Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Group, > > I'll be flying around the world from Minnesota, USA, to Kuala Lumpur, > Malaysia, to give a talk on industrial process control. > > Bought a Garmin 60CSx handheld GPS so I could tell precisely when I > crossed the date line (a man's gotta have some goal in life). > > Is this feasible? Can you see enough satellites from an airliner window > while crossing the Pacific from Los Angeles to Singapore? What side > would work better, N or S? > > Regards, > Bill Hawkins > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
