# Taking GPS unit on a plane?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [September 10, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-gps-unit-on-a-plane/73316 "2009-09-10T08:52:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-gps-unit-on-a-plane/73316/21 "2009-09-10T19:43:21Z")

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why wouldnt you be able to?

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**Author:** ![Muckman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@Muckman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Muckman)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-gps-unit-on-a-plane/73316/22 "2009-09-10T20:46:17Z")

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**Author:** ![fourseasonsandles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@fourseasonsandles](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fourseasonsandles)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-gps-unit-on-a-plane/73316/23 "2009-09-10T21:09:38Z")

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I turned my GPS on when on the plane before. I couldnt get a signal even when pressed against the window.

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**Author:** ![baseball24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baseball24/32/7452_2.png) [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-gps-unit-on-a-plane/73316/24 "2009-09-10T21:13:14Z")

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I have before …about two months ago

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**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-gps-unit-on-a-plane/73316/25 "2009-09-10T22:04:57Z")

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> [@boardjnky4](#):
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> [Mobile phones on aircraft - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_on_aircraft)

The section you quote is good… but incomplete… really need to read the rest of the article and the FCC/FAA websites for a full definition. We use cell phones on my uncle’s and his neighbors planes in complete compliance with the law.

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