Hacker demonstrates how to hijack an airplane using an Android app

Nope, they use iPads primarily, which doesn't have a means of removing a sim.

The app most use is called ForeFlight, to a lesser extent an app called WingX or one from Garmin that I believe is just called Garmin Pilot, they all have a 30 day free trial in iTunes feel free to play with them, they work on a phone too. If on android the options are the Garmin app and one called Naviator. Probably won't get a GPS lock in an airliner, though, you'd need to be in the cockpit. GPS signals won't go through metal, but work fine for pilots through the windshield.

The iPad is the more popular option due to the android apps having sketchy video acceleration in the apps themselves and ForeFlight being around the longest of these apps and being iPad only.

Source: I fly, own a small airplane, and use an iPad mini for maps, charts, and as a backup GPS in the air in case the panel mounted NAV/COMM unit in my plane fails.
 
The above in response to pmshah about pilots using no-sim tablets on page 2 btw, sorry.
 
15 years ago cell phones were still pretty rare. 5 years ago international phones were rare. Most phones still have very limited options overseas.


did you write that sentence 8 years ago and only just post it now? quite a few people had mobile (cell) phones around 1996-1997 more than 15 years ago not nearly as common as now but not rare, tri band phone been around since 1999 which could be used in most countries they certainly werent rare in 2008.

most phones today have very limited options overseas? thats complete rubbush most phones today dont have any limitations overseas most will work just as well in any country.

the 3 facts you have presented couldnt be more wrong tanstar, why do you fill the internet with such dribble.
 
15 years ago cell phones were still pretty rare. 5 years ago international phones were rare. Most phones still have very limited options overseas.


did you write that sentence 8 years ago and only just post it now? quite a few people had mobile (cell) phones around 1996-1997 more than 15 years ago not nearly as common as now but not rare, tri band phone been around since 1999 which could be used in most countries they certainly werent rare in 2008.

most phones today have very limited options overseas? thats complete rubbush most phones today dont have any limitations overseas most will work just as well in any country.

the 3 facts you have presented couldnt be more wrong tanstar, why do you fill the internet with such dribble.
I guess he is Verizon Wireless customer :) CDMA networks in US, South Korea and... eehh... Ukraine? ;)
 
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