"Bill Denton" wrote in message . ..
:I guess nobody pays any attention to poor old Bendix-King any more...
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: Prior to the advent of XM, Bendix-King offered their own version of inflight
: weather using ground-based stations.
:
: From:
: https://www3.bendixking.com/wingman/...a=sso.fis.page
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: General Aviation's first high-speed broadcast weather network makes flying
: safer, easier and more enjoyable.
: The nationwide system uses a network of Honeywell ground stations to uplink
: a broad range of free and fee-based aeronautical data. As part of an FAA
: program called Flight Information Services (FIS), Honeywell has been granted
: use of two frequencies to broadcast weather throughout the United States.
: Utilizing a newly designed, wholly-owned network of 150-plus ground
: stations, pilots are able to receive high-resolution graphical weather
: products that are updated automatically with no impact on pilot workload.
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: Weather is one of the leading factors cited in aviation accidents. National
: aviation forums have repeatedly identified improved weather information in
: the cockpit, especially in graphical form, as a key strategy for reducing
: weather-related accidents.With Honeywell's Data Link Weather, General
: Aviation pilots can experience a new level of situational awareness and
: flight safety
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: It has only been in the last year or so that Bendix-King introduced their
: KDR 610 XM reveiver....
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That is exactly what I had in mind. Odd that is does not get the press that Garmin and XM get...