TangoWhiskey
Touchdown! Greaser!
Can't wait to hear all the stories, and start planning to be there myself next year.
Ahhh, but what happens at Gaston's stays at Gaston's.Troy Whistman said:Can't wait to hear all the stories, and start planning to be there myself next year.
Quote of the day:Toby said:And I want to hear all the jokes I missed on Saturday night while I was slaving away with the awards committee.
EHITCH said:Troy, can you give a step-by-step tutorial on where/how you got "flight following" information? Is this something we can do to share info with friends/family in other places?
Thanks,
Elizabeth
Troy Whistman said:Yes, that's exactly why I have it, Elizabeth--so my wife can see where I am on Angel Flights.
There are two services that I know of that provide this information in a way that includes General Aviation aircraft.
1) FlightExplorer ( http://www.FlightExplorer.com )
This is what I was using. You can get it for $8.95/month (discounted) as an AOPA member benefit: http://www.aopa.org/info/certified/flightexplorer.html
Read the billing procedure carefully... you get 10 hours of online time every month for that fee, and are billed extra for usage beyond that. It's billed in 1 minute increments with a 10 minute minimum per session... if you are online for 5 minutes, you get billed for 10; if you're online for 12 minutes, you get billed for 12.
2) AirNav Systems ( http://www.airnavsystems.com/ANLV/index.htm )
These guys have great software, I'm considering switching to them. They are more expensive on a monthly subscription basis ($14.95/month), but they have a "pay every 6 months" Platinum option that ends up being cheaper than the $8.95/month from AOPA's Flight Explorer.
They were offering a 50% discount with promo code PAYHALF6, but I think it expired yesterday.
Both of these pieces of software let you set up multiple "views"... think of it as filtered fleets, with the N numbers you want to watch, various geography settings, colors, etc. You can filter by a specific N number or set of N numbers, show all aircraft inbound or outbound from a specific airport, only those below or above a certain altitude, etc.
Lots of fun! Especially when you're listening on your scanner to local approach control...
lancefisher said:I do wonder how Ed G. and Lance F. faired with the weather as they seemed to be heading into the thick of it. Our flight home was quite uneventful weather wise.
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lancefisher said:I do wonder how Ed G. and Lance F. faired with the weather as they seemed to be heading into the thick of it. Our flight home was quite uneventful weather wise.