Some new aviation web sites and hints of the future
Skyvector shows sectional maps, airport information, and METARs in a Google Maps style interactive moving map. Runway Finder is similar.
TFRCheck graphs airspaces, airport information, and current TFRs on a more traditional style "click and zoom" map.
This data, combined with applications like Google Earth are making flight planning certainly a lot more fun, and probably much more complete. In ten years I should be flying with a portable computer that gives me a photo-realistic real-time synthetic view from my current position, or anywhere on my flight plan or alternates. Of course I'll be doing this with an airplane and engine designed in the 1950's...
Categories: flying technology
