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Re:Aviation is stuck in the 60s – a reflection on MH 370 by fnordfnordfnord on Sunday March 09, 2014 @02:22PM (#7369311)
That's an interesting question. Mini "cell tower" on the ship with satellite link?
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Re:Aviation is stuck in the 60s – a reflection on MH 370 by joezydeco on Sunday March 09, 2014 @04:04PM (#7369758)
The original topic here was "why don't planes have GPS trackers on them and constantly report in, if trackers are so cheap and every car/truck/container/phone on the planet can have one?"

How does a plane get data back to the ground when it's 7 miles up and 1000 miles from shore? You have to have a satellite or long-range VHF link.

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Re:Aviation is stuck in the 60s – a reflection on MH 370 by KaiserPro on Sunday March 09, 2014 @02:49PM (#7369425)
or you could just use radar, which only requires your own radar to work....
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