Moving Map operational into US
May 23, 2012 | 4:30 am
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Moving Map operational into US
We were recently on CX# 840 HKG-JFK and the map wasn't funcitonal for the entire trip. IIRC at one time the map was turned off for security reasons. Is this currently the case ? Any recent instances where it was functional ?
May 23, 2012 | 4:57 am
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Was it when your flight is around Chicago? The Chicago NATO Summit 2012 was held between May 19 and 21
May 23, 2012 | 5:23 am
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Sorry. I know that flights into the DC area get it turned off at a certain point on approach but in this case it was never on from departure time onwards. For an avid watcher that was a long 16 hours.
May 24, 2012 | 7:34 am
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I was on 830 last week and the map was operational throughout the flight.
Concur with midlevels' observation. The new moving map is weird. The "heading" of the dummy aircraft now does not point to the actual heading. The pre-drawn route does not reflect what the aircraft will be flying neither....
Concur with midlevels' observation. The new moving map is weird. The "heading" of the dummy aircraft now does not point to the actual heading. The pre-drawn route does not reflect what the aircraft will be flying neither....
May 24, 2012 | 9:47 am
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Was on 883 in mid April and it was operational throughout the entire flight.
What do you mean by "new" map? I was recently on a 77G (almost factory fresh, B-KQB) with the "new" interface and never really realized a "new" map, do you mean the animation of the plane flying over the globe from origin to destination? I think that has always been on 77Ws, but not the 74As.
What do you mean by "new" map? I was recently on a 77G (almost factory fresh, B-KQB) with the "new" interface and never really realized a "new" map, do you mean the animation of the plane flying over the globe from origin to destination? I think that has always been on 77Ws, but not the 74As.
May 24, 2012 | 6:09 pm
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What do you mean by "new" map? I was recently on a 77G (almost factory fresh, B-KQB) with the "new" interface and never really realized a "new" map, do you mean the animation of the plane flying over the globe from origin to destination? I think that has always been on 77Ws, but not the 74As.
And yes, this new map software is on all the 77Ws so it's not really new as such, I just meant the newest iteration. Honestly I hate it - the improved graphics and animations make it impossible to tell where the aircraft has flown, and which way it is headed.
May 25, 2012 | 2:56 am
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