On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:43:42 GMT, Paul Folbrecht
wrote:


So, I think I have two questions: 1) Does this make sense? and 2) What's
the best flight-planning software out there? I've used AOPA's tool and
I like it, but I don't really know what's out there (and yeah I can do a
google search but then you don't know if you're hearing about the latest
& greatest). I do have a Palm 5 device so PC software that has a Palm
component too would be a plus.

I suggest you get familiar with DUATS (www.duats.com). For the Palm I
recommend AOPA eAFD for airport data, and Copilot. Copilot will not
provide automatic routing, but it is a good method of putting together
route information when you don't have access to the internet.