Did they make any announcements regarding this? Most people aren't going
to care about GPS, but many people are used to using their cell phones
while waiting for the door to close and/or as soon as the wheels touch
the ground when landing. If this doesn't work in a 787 I would think
that they would make a PA announcement to that effect, rather than
having to continuously answer questions regarding the problem.
Regards,
John
On 6/2/2014 2:55 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote:
But last week I flew the new composite Boeing 787 Dreamliner and noticed something quite
different. From the second I entered the plane, I lost both cell and GPS reception. It
didn't matter how close I was to a window or not. I know the word "composite"
sounds inert, but carbon fiber must be somewhat conductive, yes? And there must be
serious lightning suppression layers too, maybe? Furthermore, the B787 windows are
exotic; like giant oval LCD screens which electronically dim from near transparent to
very opaque. Does all this make the new 787 a record-holding RF-tight flying Faraday cage?
Is this the first airplane in history where a time-nut can't receive GPS? At
least gamma rays make it though, so I got RAD data. But no GPS data. Not a
single SV fix the entire time I was inside the plane.
Has anyone else noticed this? Or know about this? Please respond only if you
have real information. I can speculate as well as anyone; so it's solid
technical, RF, EMF, or composite carbon fiber engineering info I'm looking for.
Thanks,
/tvb
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