Chad Speer wrote:
I didn't specify in my original post because I didn't expect the
question to be raised, but we will be using aircraft within a 2000
foot window. At the higher altitudes, that rarely involves a
difference of more than a few degrees and maybe six knots of wind.

Sounds reasonable. So far I've only played below 14,000 feet AGL (and
most often under 11,000 feet AGL), and in Oklahoma and Texas, that means
the winds can sometimes shift 90 degrees in a thousand feet.

If the FAA really gets involved, this will be a useless program.
Never fails.

I couldn't possibly comment. [0]

I really like the open discussion of Usenet and would love to make
this solution an eternal part of rec.aviation. If that doesn't
happen, I'll bribe some grad students...

Even if you have to get "outside" help, that doesn't mean you can't
share the solution with the group. I figure you (or somebody) will
probably end up writing a short "how this training software works"
document, either for other controllers that want to use it for training,
or to show your boss what you've been fooling around with all this time.
You could probably post that document here, or put it on the web and
provide a link.

Matt Roberds

[0] You ever hear of a little company in Kansas City called Wilcox
Electric? How about a little program called WAAS?