Blueskies wrote:
"Bill Denton" wrote in message . ..
:I guess nobody pays any attention to poor old Bendix-King any more...
:
: 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.
:
: 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....
:
:

That is exactly what I had in mind. Odd that is does not get the press that Garmin and XM get...




It's not odd at all. It's not an open service meaning you have to use
their expensive hardware.