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The last sentences about uploading data to the cloud had not struck me before. It is such an obvious development, if not to replace so to complement. But perhaps there are challenges around it that are not obvious?


A plane more often has access to an atmospheric cloud than to a computing cloud, especially when flying over an ocean. Maybe Starlink could offer reasonable connectivity, even if intermittent.



It is such an obvious development, if not to replace so to complement. But perhaps there are challenges around it that are not obvious?

You might be surprised how scant and expensive bandwidth becomes once you are out of sight of land


Still, there are so many flights now that offer onboard Wifi, it’s seems silly not to back up flight recorder data to the cloud wherever possible.




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