I fly a Cherokee 235, and have received
calls, and made calls. I never hear any
unusual static, or see my compass swing.
I read in a report that they took a cell phone,
and had to hold it against the outside antenna
of the airplane before the cell phone caused any
problem. Same with a notebook!
The FAA says in FAR/AIM, that we must follow the FCC, and what they say about electronics in the airplane. The FCC says dont use them. This is of course VFR operaions. IFR operations says that the PIC (pilot in command) can say what can be used and not used in the airplane.
I belive it boils down to this: The cell phone people lobbied the FCC to ban cell phones because it was messing with the towers. period!
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I fly a Cherokee 235, and have received calls, and made calls. I never hear any unusual static, or see my compass swing. I read in a report that they took a cell phone, and had to hold it against the outside antenna of the airplane before the cell phone caused any problem. Same with a notebook! The FAA says in FAR/AIM, that we must follow the FCC, and what they say about electronics in the airplane. The FCC says dont use them. This is of course VFR operaions. IFR operations says that the PIC (pilot in command) can say what can be used and not used in the airplane. I belive it boils down to this: The cell phone people lobbied the FCC to ban cell phones because it was messing with the towers. period!