Exam-O-Grams

Actually, it was "AM Weather" and its last show was on February 3, 1995.
I remember seeing it as a kid and being extremely bored by it. Now I
would love it.

Reference (heh, from 1995 of all things):
http://www.balloonlife.com/publicati...5/avchannl.htm

tom418 wrote:
It is that old. Back in the mid '70s, there was a weekly PBS TV show on
"Aviation Weather" and they frequently mentioned the "exam-o-grams"

Different show--"Aviation Weather" was a morning show specifically about
the day's aviation weather predictions. It also had small educational
segments; I remember one about using VORs, which were relatively new to
small airplanes then.

I vaguely remember that it was a sponsored show, some FAA and industry
combination, that lost the money.

David

Chris G. wrote:
Actually, it was "AM Weather" and its last show was on February 3, 1995.
I remember seeing it as a kid and being extremely bored by it. Now I
would love it.

Reference (heh, from 1995 of all things):
http://www.balloonlife.com/publicati...5/avchannl.htm

tom418 wrote:
It is that old. Back in the mid '70s, there was a weekly PBS TV show on
"Aviation Weather" and they frequently mentioned the "exam-o-grams"

wrote:
I was recently in a local used book store, and on their aviation shelf,
there was a bound copy (if staples count as binding) of FAA publication
AAC-45C, containing VFR and IFR "Exam-O-Grams".

I went ahead and put the VFR ones online. The IFR ones will be along in
a while; I'm not done scanning them yet. They are available as PDF
files at http://www.birdbird.org/aviation/examogram/index.html . Please
use the email address on that page (or this one) for feedback. Thanks!

Matt Roberds

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wrote:
I was recently in a local used book store, and on their aviation shelf,
there was a bound copy (if staples count as binding) of FAA publication
AAC-45C, containing VFR and IFR "Exam-O-Grams".

I went ahead and put the VFR ones online. The IFR ones will be along in
a while; I'm not done scanning them yet. They are available as PDF
files at http://www.birdbird.org/aviation/examogram/index.html . Please
use the email address on that page (or this one) for feedback. Thanks!

Matt Roberds


Thank you for your contribution and efforts.

Am I the only one who is unable to retrieve the .pdf files? Timed out?

Am I the only one who is unable to read black background?
Is difficulty reading red or dark blue text on black background age related?
(I think I am using good quality monitors.)
IIRC we all used green and amber on black with our first PCs and that white
background was considered to be a real benefit when it became available.

Happy landings,

Happy landings,

Private wrote:
Am I the only one who is unable to retrieve the .pdf files? Timed out?

Looking through the logs, I see a mix of failed and apparently successful
attempts from your IP address starting at about 23:15 UTC 4 Apr and ending
at about 04:45 UTC 5 Apr. Were you able to download any of them
successfully or did you always have trouble? (There is something on the
server that might be causing that, but I'm trying to verify that it's
the problem before I change it.)

Am I the only one who is unable to read black background?

Probably not, but you're the first one to complain. If I get more
complaints I'll change it.

Thanks!

Matt Roberds

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Private wrote:
Am I the only one who is unable to retrieve the .pdf files? Timed out?

Looking through the logs, I see a mix of failed and apparently successful
attempts from your IP address starting at about 23:15 UTC 4 Apr and ending
at about 04:45 UTC 5 Apr. Were you able to download any of them
successfully or did you always have trouble? (There is something on the
server that might be causing that, but I'm trying to verify that it's
the problem before I change it.)


Thinking that your server was busy, I made several attempts during last
evening and again this morning but none were successful. On occasion I
would get other material (ie Outlook Express) appearing in IExplorer widow
while attempting download of .pdf. I would later get a small error window
saying "a file I/O error has occurred. The file connection timed out." The
back button returns to your index page correctly, then the forward button
results in "Error 403 - Forbidden etc etc." I have often downloaded .pdf
files from several sources but have not experienced this problem before.

Am I the only one who is unable to read black background?

Probably not, but you're the first one to complain. If I get more
complaints I'll change it.

Thanks!

Matt Roberds


I have developed a personal aversion to black backgrounds (particularly with
red or dark blue text) which is causing spontaneous rants. By highlighting
the text on your site I am able to change the text color to make it more
readable and on occasion have (used a technique learned from another
objector here) copied text to Notepad or Word in order to obtain a white
background. There have been some posts/threads here commenting on this
issue. Since I am experiencing some age related vision loss, I wondered if
this could be contributing to my problem.

Thanks for reply,
Happy landings,

Private wrote:
Thinking that your server was busy, I made several attempts during last
evening and again this morning but none were successful.

My fault; I had something configured incorrectly on the server. I just
fixed it (0310 UTC 6 Apr), so the PDF downloads should work now. Sorry
for the trouble.

Since I am experiencing some age related vision loss, I wondered if
this could be contributing to my problem.

It could be. I have a page hosted elsewhere that has a similar color
scheme. Nobody has complained yet, BUT I'm fairly confident that the
readership of that page is mostly about 20 to 35 years old.

Thanks!

Matt Roberds

I was curious too, and was unable to download anything. I also think
that blue on black is an atrocious design.

Jose
--
Get high on gasoline: fly an airplane.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

I successfully downloaded the one file I clicked on.
I did chuckle at the choice of background and text colors you use.
Webpage design is truely a "graphic art".
A good webpage design is one that opens and I think to myself, "Wow!
that looks really good!"

wrote:
I was recently in a local used book store, and on their aviation shelf,
there was a bound copy (if staples count as binding) of FAA publication
AAC-45C, containing VFR and IFR "Exam-O-Grams".

The VFR and IFR Exam-O-Grams are now online. They are available as PDF
files at http://www.birdbird.org/aviation/examogram/index.html . All of
the Exam-O-Grams I currently have are online.

If you previously visited the site but had difficulties downloading the
PDFs, please try again. I had something configured incorrectly on the
server, which I fixed at 0310 UTC 6 April.

Please use the email address on that page (or this one) for feedback.
Thanks!

Matt Roberds