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Old July 15th 07, 06:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
James M. Knox
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Default A New XM Weather & GPS Toy

"Mike Isaksen" wrote in
news:6mfmi.1855$Wh4.1512@trndny06:

" XM WX is "professional grade" weather that a pilot or mariner must
interpret to understand the weather threat potential. What makes XM
NavWeather unique is that the interpretation of the weather data is
done for the user, providing clear information on current, future, and
threatening weather conditions."


I'm assuming they are talking about the graphical presentation, with the
aircraft location denoted by the icon.

I have to admit to being in some fairly heavy turbulence, having seen
nothing but grey outside the windows for the last several hours, and
listening to Fligh****ch describe embedded cells as:

A line of cells from xx miles on the yy radial of
the Whoknowswhere VOR to ...

when all I really wanted to know was **is there something in front of me or
not!**



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