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Federal AviationAdministrationWEATHER IN THE

COCKPITGENERAL AVIATION STATUS OVERVIEW

Friends/Partners of Aviation Weather

Bill Phaneuf, AVMET

October 9, 2008 – Segment Two

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Weather Data Link - GA

• Many options:Panel mounts (Vendors: Garmin, Avidyne, Honeywell, Rockwell Collins and others)Electronic Flight Bags (Vendors: Flight Max, and others)Hand held units (Vendors: Garmin, Anywhere Map, and others)PDA’s, Cell phones (Numerous vendors)Interactive programs for all of the above systems (Vendors: Jeppesen, Garmin, WSI, XM Weather, SIRIUS, and others)

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Weather Data Link - GA

• Great information– NEXRAD Radar– Graphical METARs; Textual METARs & TAFs– Lightning Data– Sigmets; Airmets; Turbulence– Enroute Winds– Icing– Cloud tops– Cell movement– Assorted other data

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Data Link Examples

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Data Link Examples

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Data Link Examples

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Data Link Examples

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Data Link Examples

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Data Link Examples

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WEATHER IN THE COCKPIT

THANK YOU

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