Garmin GPS on Airline For The First Time...

Had no hassles with TSA over the unit or cables.

Check with the airline about in flight use. Some times it depend on the Captain.

If you are in a window seat, it is possible to get a lock with the C530. Don't enter a destination else it will keep recalculating.

Enjoy your vacation,

does not allow use of GPS on it's flights. From what I understand you can ask the captain when entering the aircraft if you can use it. I hope they allow me to as I would like to experiment with it. Thanks!

Scott,
Have a great trip and don't forget to share your travel story with us when you get back.

Miss POI

Check these out for use on airplanes

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/2590

http://gpsinformation.net/airgps/airgps.htm

Thanks Miss POI!

Thanks adcusnret, I will check out those links, thanks for your help.

Southwest changed their policy about 2 months ago and now allow them. Look in the back of the Airline inflight magazines and they usually tell you what is and is not allowed on that specific airline.

One problem that I've come across is that the flight attendants don't read the airlines rules and regs and will often tell you that you can't use your gpsr in-flight. It's usually best to comply at this point. Don't want to be led off the plane in handcuffs.

I tried to use my Nuvi 350 on Thomas Cook from a flight from Manchester, UK to Toronto, Canada. Flight attendant told me that turning on GPS will seriously interfere with flight instruments.
I was really tired and didn't want to continue with argument.
Just before landing turned on the GPS and it worked fine. Oh, and the plane didn't crash either

Exactly......my conclusion is that they want your undivided attention, especially during the safety spiel and during landing in case anything was to go wrong but as far as interferring with instrumentation.....sounds like a bunch of rubbish to me. Most attendants like to do the power trip thing, and like everyone else is probably overworked and grumpy as I am

Southwest actually says it's OK to use in thier inflight magazine.

Be discreet, as much as you can. Although the airline may allow its use, your co-passengers may not appreciate it.

I flew to Charlotte, NC about two months ago. Brought my nuvi 200 along and tried it out on the UAL flight. Ultimate top speed was 680 MPH -- seems a bit high for a commercial flight.

While waiting for my roll-aboard luggage at the end of the jet way, I showed the dashboard display to the co-pilot and asked about the top speed. He explained that I needed to convert from MPH to knots (divide by 1.15) and that we had a 120 to 150 MPH tailwind during the flight.

While in flight I made the mistake of selecting my hotel as a destination and the nuvi went into a continuous loop of recalculating. By the time it finishes calculating the driving directions, you have missed the first turn and it needs to recalculate. I continuously pressed the STOP button and caught it after about 45 seconds.

I still have 680 MPH displayed as the top speed.

Once the unit starting to recalculate, the maximum speed might have got inflated then. I believe that is how my gpsr got its higher speed. Mine topped out at 655 on a commercial flight and no way were we going that fast.

you can route your GPSr as long as you have it in off road mode. That way it won't recalculate.

Southwest allows GPS once the aircraft reaches altitude of 10,000 feet. I just traveled to FLA and found the info in a publication in the seat back.

I used to travel using an old Garmin 48 connected to my laptop running Street Atlas USA. Pretty cool in that you can see your altitude, speed and streets you are flying over. I had to hold the antenna right up against the window though or I wouldn't get a signal.

I was on JetBlue last week and saw a MAX SPEED of 555mph heading eastbound. JetBlue has a TV monitor at every seat with dozens of channels. One of the channels is a Google Maps locator that shows the plane's location, altitude and velocity. My 360 corresponded almost exactly with the altitude and speed readout.

I was able to get a sat lock from the window seat or the middle seat, but not from the aisle seat (A320)

I calculated the route (from JFK to TUC) in the off-road mode and the plane followed that route for the most part. It seemed the plane maintained a due west heading for a bit longer than the prescribed route and then took a distinct turn towards the south as we approached TUC.

I did look for "permitted electronic devices" in the magazine but coulnd't find anything

on a Westjet flight in Canada a few months ago. I just tried it, and was amazed to find it work without a problem. They just made me turn it off before landing (like all other electronic equipment).