On Mar 31, 9:58 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:


BTW: Your point about using XM for preflight analysis isn't relevant, since
no one uses it for that. The strength of having live weather on board is
for in-flight decision making, not pre-flight briefings.


I turn on the XM on the 496 before I call the FSS, and see if the
picture they paint accords with what I'm seeing on the screen and what
I saw online on adds.

Consider it the XM calibration mode.

Dan Mc