http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/ Engadget Comments for Land Rover nav system used to guide C-130 cargo plane http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 2nd 2006 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 2nd 2006 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 2nd 2006 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/]]>May 2nd 2006 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 2nd 2006 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 2nd 2006 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 2nd 2006 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/
I think it ad is cool and makes me want to get one even more.]]>May 2nd 2006 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 2nd 2006 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/]]>May 2nd 2006 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 2nd 2006 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/
Just basing my comment on my experience, with my car. Where this "stunt" wouldn't work. But some people take comments as if they were life and death.]]>May 2nd 2006 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/
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Ugh, us Brits are never going to live this down are we..]]>May 2nd 2006 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 2nd 2006 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 3rd 2006 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 3rd 2006 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 3rd 2006 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/
The adventurous spirit of Land Rover is sort of built into the source code. The Range Rover Sport is more of a sports car than a Ute, and it is nice to see Land Rover really building the adventure back into the brand.

I used to own a Discovery SD and it was the most capable vehicle I ever owned. It could do anything. And when I lost her in an accident (and I was unharmed and safe) I really never have had anything like her.

The whole culture of Land Rover, in my opinion, has a lot to do with climbing Mount Everest.

"Why did you climb Mount Everest?" Because it was there.

"Why did you navigate the English Channel with an LR3?" Because it was a cool thing to do.

Sometimes coolness is reason enough, in my humble opinion. This is a British car and the Brits love doing this kind of thing. Germans didn't do this, the English did. If you look at it that way, you can see the playful snarkiness in all the seriousness.

The dry English sense of humor is palpable.]]>May 3rd 2006 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 3rd 2006 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/1. Any unit will give you a lat and lon (grid reference). This can be plotted on a chart, yes airline pilots still carry some charts!
2. You can use an extension lead for the antenna and stick it on the window, garmin sell plenty to pilots.
3. Its 4 satellites not 3, one for each dimension plus 1 for time, remembering that GPS recievers dont have an atomic clock built in. If this doesnt mean anything look at http://howstuffworks.com/ you can use 3 but you have to know your altitude above the geode.
4. Airlines have been using less complicated means of navigation using groundstations for nearly 60 years. GPS is modern compared to some equipment still installed.]]>May 3rd 2006 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 4th 2006 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/]]>May 6th 2006 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/May 6th 2006 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/
My Garmin RoadMate has multiple modes, including water navigation.

I am still confused as to how the LR unit got a fix on the GPS sats without attaching to an antenna on the outside of the plane - and I have never in all my years living near a Lockheed plant, seen a stock C-130 with windows in the cargo-hold. The plane was modified for some reason.

My assumption is that the pilot stayed in the cockpit and a "navigator" was in the LR and communicated via radio on navigation, if the stunt was indeed real.]]>May 8th 2006 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/land-rover-nav-system-used-to-guide-c-130-cargo-plane/
The car told him to go in a straight line. Big whoop. I can do that with a compass and spend only 3 dollars.]]>Jun 12th 2006 5:45PM