Okay, a "product update"... this is WAY COOL stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't flown any further than the kitchen table yet, but this is an awesome little program. You can load in your route, and get ALL the real-time weather charts, reports, graphics, text, etc., etc.
I had a few questions about using it, so called that stupid phone number again this morning, and yes, got in the same insane voicemail loop that went on for TEN MINUTES!!!!!!
[Note to Airtac: Cussing in a loud, irritable voice does NO good in reaching a human.]
I finally figured out a potential trick, so called again, and tried 1-digit extensions, 2-digit extensions, and BINGO! a 3-digit extension WORKED. I got a recording for a REAL PERSON. (The poor soul.)
He even called me back -- and all within 10 minutes! I was amazed, really, especially since I told his recorder that if I had to listen to that woman's voice reading the same loop
one more time, I was going to go next door and choke the neighbors. I also said if they WERE taping these phone calls for a Saturday Night Live skit, I wanted my share of the royalities once it aired.
The NICEST guy called me back.... so I've quit throwing things now. He said the amount of airport info you can store depends on your cell phone's memory, but he figured several THOUSAND airports and flight routes should fit, no problem.
The part I am really looking forward to is the TFR mapping. He says it uses Jeppesen's data, and the minute any TFR (
any type!) is filed, it is available and will pop up on the map.
It shows real-time pireps, even. This is a cool deal..... so far I've looked up one route for a buddy who was trying to get across the mountains... the neat part is that it plots your route right on every map you bring up. You can also zoom in on any chart. It is NOT, however, approved by the FAA as a weather briefing, though I'll honestly say there is better data right there in front of you than I've received in many a phone briefing, where you're trying to visualize exactly where the lines of icing and weather are, etc.
Okay, enough for now.
