Re: GTE DUATS and weather graphics/etc.

[Frederic Woodbridge <fred@anexis.com>]

Quoting Curtis L. Olson:
> It would also be nice to be able to pull current weather conditions
> into flight sims such as flight gear.  I imagine that DUATS would have
> more/better/more current info than what is generally available on the
> web?
> 
> Curt.

Curt,

Yes, DUATS does indeed.  As a part of the FAAs information dispensing
programme, DUATS records are even used to verify if a pilot obtained weather
and other information before flight.  As such, DUATS has to have up to the
minute information.

Such verification is necessary in case there's an accident or incident and 
the NTSB wants to know whether to blame the pilot or not :)
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