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Access to FAA weather information
During a break at the Maintenance Seminar at Jeff Rowe’s shop last weekend, there was discussion about a device that could be bought which would receive weather radar information from the FAA which allows pilots to see lots of information about storms in the area. As I recall the discussion, the information is free from the FAA and transmitted from a satellite.
What is the service called? What is the hardware device called that received this information. We’re going to the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh tomorrow and I’d like to see it. I presume the manufacturer will be at OSH.
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Dick
I think it is Duat, it is free you can download their app on your phone.
We are across the highway at Ashvegas campground stop in we are home in late afternoon.
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Dick is talking about real time weather that can be over layed on roads, airways, low al, sectionals, etc.
It can be displayed on an ipad or phone.
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Jon duat is real time satellite weather. They have both flight planning and weather.
Maybe there are others.
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Hish, correct me if I am wrong, but I read where the FAA ended the contract with DUAT back in May.
Well, for once, I decided to actually look before I hit the SEND button and found this link that explains it: http://www.duat.com
Maybe you can give us an update after checking with them in Hanger C.
Stay safe and keep the rolly parts down.
Fred
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Dick, it’s an app for Ipad and I believe android devices, it’s called Foreflight. The basic subscription is something like $75 to 100 dollars a year, an absolute bargain in the flying world.
They’ll have a big display at Osh.
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After seeing Monte do a demonstration I can see how having that feature available in a coach would be a tremendous asset. Over the years I have learned that driving in some weather conditions really sucks.
Heavy rain, or winds, or snows somehow take drivers with marginal skills and turn them into threats to our safety. Unless we have a schedule the weather depiction and reporting capability alone would help make a decision to get off the road early or to press on. Since it over lays roadmaps drivers would be able to work with the same knowledge of weather pilots have access to.
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Not FAA, but I have a radar app on my iPhone and iPad that give very good realtime radar, overlayed on a map. My brother, a retired airline captain, recommended it to me. He no longer flies, but he uses the app in his travels.
The name of the app is RadarUS+. I costs a few bucks.
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I WILL STOP AT DUAT BOOTH TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THEIR SERVICE.
I USED DUAT BACK WHEN I WAS FLYING I LIKED THEIR SERVICE.
I WILL TRY TO GET ANY REAL TIME WEATHER SERVICEAT THE EAA THIS WEEK.
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The system uses ground based towers. It’s the new ADS-B stations that transmit Metar’s/Taf’s and show radar. I use a Stratus box tethered to my IPAD that is running the app, Foreflight.
You can find Foreflight at the Apple App store.
The Stratus box is sold by Sporty’s Pilot Shop.I’m sure both vendors will be at the show!
The best weather for me in the bus is an app called Storm, by Wunderground and cell service.
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This is all good information. Like all the pretty colors I see on the fancy glass cockpits, but the screen on my flip phone is too small to be of any value (Jon knows what I am talking about).
I hope to get there Tuesday or Wednesday.
We were at Elkhart Lake’s Road America for the big vintage race Fri, Sat, and Sunday. Drove over to the Sheboygan county airport to see how many jets came in for the event. There were probably a dozen or more, including what I think was Falcon 900 (three holer).
As we drove into the airport, I notice a group of planes lined up and tied down in what appeared to be transient parking. Turns out they were Ercoupes. As we manuvered about the airport we saw glimpses and glimpses of more Ercoupes. I would say there could have been 100 parked. Turns out its the 75th anniversary of the Ercoupe and they had their convention at Sheboygan through the weekend and were then to fly enmass to Oshkosh.
We also saw a B-25 that was part of a banquet in the local EAA chapter’s hangar (first class facility) and about ten or twelve T-28s. The airport has a T-28 static display honoring the American pilots and support crew who trained Hmong pilots for Air America to help conduct a secret war in Cambodia. Many Hmong refugees from SE Asia have emigratted to Wisconsin. Sheboygan has a sizable Hmong population.
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