Enjoy your beer mate, no worries.

As for technical discussions on this, I can get all “technical” about an aircraft, but I am no Mobile Phone Technician, I haven’t the faintest idea what makes them tick 😉

So then lets accommodate the worst case scenario, and the worse case scenario is that they are dangerous and hazardous to flight, so until there is conclusive evidence to prove otherwise then why are we even discussing it? It’s not rocket science, turn off your mobiles when instructed to do so. This is becoming the “MMR” discussion of the airline industry :rolleyes:

I wouldn’t say that was conclusive proof at all. If you can get a mobile phone signal (good enough and steady enough to make calls) above 3,000ft then I’d like to know about it.

Now if, and only if, you get a signal above a certain height then the following questions need to be answered in respect to interference with nav equipment.

How many phones switched on will have an effect?
How many phones need to actually be transmitting/receiving (actually making a call) to have an effect?
Would different models of phones have an adverse effect with the 2 questions above?
Taking those questions into consideration which aircraft type would be most affected?
Taking those questions into consideration which instrumentation manufacturer would be most affected?
Taking those questions into consideration would older type aircraft be more susceptible?
How long will it be before the right combination of the above is found before there is an “incident” ?

Sorry, there’s too many variables to say your flight was conclusive proof Paul. Besides, it’s bloody annoying for those at the pointy end when passengers have left on their devices and it comes through the headsets on descent, normally at a critical stage of flight like just joining the ILS.

By keeping your mobile and GPS on you are in contravention of the Air Navigation Order. Why do you not just do as you are told and switch them off? Is that too much to ask? You won’t get a mobile signal up high anyway so there is absolutely no need to have your phone switched on.

And yes, they can, and will interfere with internal navigation systems.

Likewise

Not sure what the big issue is either, you sure it was the strong winds etc that caused the go-around? The worst METAR yesterday for MAN was the wind at 290/19G30, and this was the worst conditions over a 1½hr period, hardly life threatening conditions 😉

Whilst I am at it, how can passengers down the back decipher the difference in take off power and climb rates when there are too many variables to ascertain? How would they even know whether you are climbing quickly or not? Your question holds no water.

Seahunt you’ll have to be more specific, which flightsim is this? And is it a payware addon?

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To be honest oafkad your theory is slightly flawed, what about when people discuss impending film releases? Or music releases? Is this classed as advertising? I guess it could be. One thing as moderators that we get used to is the “backhand” way developers or commercial outfits use these boards for free advertising, so make no mistake, we can sniff them out because we see it all the time. One thing we look out for is someone who has just joined the forum (like yourself), so any URLs or links etc will be closely scrutinised 😉

End of the day as long as there is no contravention of the Forum Code Of Conduct set out by Key Publishing (which can be found at the top of each forum) then there “generally” is no issue.

Thanks for asking the question anyway, discuss away 😉

Rgds

Dean