stratobee
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Nothing winds me up more than the frankly ancient practices we cling to in aviation just because it's the "way it's always been done". Only in aviation do we sit behind engines that still have carburettors that ice up (I'm looking at you Cessna 162 Skycatcher!), magnetos that spark (like 30's tractors) and where the engines haven't changed one bit in 70 years. And when it comes to weather, it's exactly the same. On all the "big" aviation wx sites we're still looking at abbreviated text based nightmares designed to be distributed over telex strips (a machine that became obsolete about 50 years ago). Stupid Metars and TAF's and worst offender of all: the FA report (Area Forecast - logic didn't prevail in the shortening of that). I won't go into how much I hate these things. There is zero need in this day and age to deliver in this incomprehensible/gibberish format where one needs a 10 page ledger that explains all the nonsensical abbreviations they contain. What do you mean you don't know these by heart?
http://www.avweb.com/news/news/184476-1.html?redirected=1
On my Foreflight app I get pretty much the perfect user friendly weather. I can see satellite images overlaid, I can see radar, I can see ceilings, winds, winds aloft, visibility etc. It's all I need for flight planning. However, sometimes I don't have wi-fi connection or access to internet and then I'm forced to use the usual old c*rap like NOAA etc and my head starts hurting and I lose the will to live. I don't think there's is a less user friendly and ugly website in the world.
So here is (finally) my question: Is there an aviation wx website that is as simple and user-friendly as Foreflight? What do you guys/girls use for weather planning when away from the EFB?
http://www.avweb.com/news/news/184476-1.html?redirected=1
On my Foreflight app I get pretty much the perfect user friendly weather. I can see satellite images overlaid, I can see radar, I can see ceilings, winds, winds aloft, visibility etc. It's all I need for flight planning. However, sometimes I don't have wi-fi connection or access to internet and then I'm forced to use the usual old c*rap like NOAA etc and my head starts hurting and I lose the will to live. I don't think there's is a less user friendly and ugly website in the world.
So here is (finally) my question: Is there an aviation wx website that is as simple and user-friendly as Foreflight? What do you guys/girls use for weather planning when away from the EFB?
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