[time-nuts] GPS from a window seat

[Lux, Jim (337C)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Robert Atkinson
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:44 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPS from a window seat
> 
> Hi,
> Apart from the CoCom / Itar restrictions, some early portables had limits to differentiate the much
> more expensive aviation versions. This seems to have stopped. The Garmin GPS-II had a speed limit of
> about 100mph, the GPS-II+ and GPS-III didn't.
> 
Good thing they removed the distinction..

After all, my Datsun 280Z would go faster than my Piper Cherokee.  Whether I would want to be staring at a GPS display in my car for navigation cues at 130 mi/hr is another good question...