#PoorMaps

Frank πŸ›©οΈπŸͺ‚β›΅πŸš²πŸ›΅πŸŽΏπŸ”­frank@f.reun.de
2026-01-18

πŸ€“ This is a #nerd post! Just dug up an old #photo of me #flying during my #Diamond #Katana days. πŸ›©οΈ And the device I used for #flight #navigation was a #Motorola #PhotonQ 4G LTE. One of those famous #sliders with full #QWERTY #keyboard! ⌨️ Had to solder a #SIM slot into that (was "Sprint" hardwired). And I ran @jolla #SailfishOS on it! 😎 Aaand I used some app like #PoorMaps and piped self-converted #MapTiles into it that I downloaded from #OpenFlightMaps. 🀯 Totally safe though! πŸ˜‚ #avgeek #aviation

Inflight photo with Motorola PhotonQ sucked to the windscreen of the aircraft, sunset in the background.Stock photo of Motorola PhotonQ. Slided open, keyboard exposed.Done soldering. Ok I brutally ripped of the Sprint chip, and then crudely soldered some wires I had lying around to connect the SIM slot. That's to the right. The slot to the bottom is the SD slot. Next to it where the chip has been.

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