What is this antenna for?
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Hi all,
last time at KJFK I realized a different antenna on the top of the fuselage of a Lufthansa 340. It is greater than SATCOM antenna but this aircraft already had a SATCOM antenna on top of the fuselage near the front. This new antenna is on the top of the fuselage but at a place where the wing trailing edge meets the fuselage. This antenna is bigger than the SATCOM antenna.
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last time at KJFK I realized a different antenna on the top of the fuselage of a Lufthansa 340. It is greater than SATCOM antenna but this aircraft already had a SATCOM antenna on top of the fuselage near the front. This new antenna is on the top of the fuselage but at a place where the wing trailing edge meets the fuselage. This antenna is bigger than the SATCOM antenna.
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Guclu,
Sounds like it may be for Internet. I believe LH are installing this on a lot of there aircraft. I think they might call the system 'Flynet' .
No doubt somebody will correct me but this is my best guess.
Sounds like it may be for Internet. I believe LH are installing this on a lot of there aircraft. I think they might call the system 'Flynet' .
No doubt somebody will correct me but this is my best guess.
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Thank you.
I thought it is some kind of thing like that. But I thought it was for newly mobile phone usage within the airplane. I heard of new technology on Airbus aircraft for mobile phone usage . I thought this antenna for it.
So it is for internet. OK. Thank you.
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I thought it is some kind of thing like that. But I thought it was for newly mobile phone usage within the airplane. I heard of new technology on Airbus aircraft for mobile phone usage . I thought this antenna for it.
So it is for internet. OK. Thank you.
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guclu
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I think that you will find the announcement of mobile/cell phones onboard by using a pico-cell is just that - an announcement. Not expected to be working for a while.
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As ferrydude said it's probably connexion by Boeing , you can see a pic of an ANA 777-300ER with it here:
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/...r_050428j.html
http://www.boeing.com/connexion/flash.html
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http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/...r_050428j.html
http://www.boeing.com/connexion/flash.html
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For those interested take a look at www.flynet.lufthansa.com
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