jordan@Morgan.COM (Jordan Hayes) (12/14/90)
I believe the use of laptops on airplanes is prohibited since the laptops emit radio frequency radiation which may interfere with navigational, as well as other, on-board instrumentation. I was using my laptop recently on a TWA 747 flight. Sitting next to me was a TWA 747 Captain (not the one flying at that moment, by the way :-). Sitting on his lap was a Toshiba 3100. He was editing his column for some (APOA-sponsored?) newsletter that talks about laptops for pilots. He was trying to tell me how to jerry-rig my Toshiba 1200 battery to get it to last 7 hours. Any questions? :-) /jordan