Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!jay From: jay@hp-pcd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Portables on Airplanes - (nf) Message-ID: <1102@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Sat, 4-Jun-83 03:19:38 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.1102 Posted: Sat Jun 4 03:19:38 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 00:29:30 EDT Lines: 16 #R:hp-pcd:6200021:hp-pcd:6200022:000:632 hp-pcd!jay Jun 3 07:43:00 1983 My understanding is that the FAA has a very general rule which forbids just about every electrical appliance except electric shavers (those busy executives must freshen up before their big meeting). The one exception to this rule is the HP-41C. Apparently pilots like it so much for their navigational calculations, they convinced the FAA to grant it special permission. As I understand it, anyone can apply to have their product okayed for flight use, but either nobody has bothered or nobody can pass the required tests. Jay Phillips ...hplabs!hp-pcd!jay P.S. If I'm totally out in left field, somebody please correct me.