Bulent Aliev wrote:

AIR YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT DATALINK SERVICES
OK, pilots, here's your chance to tell one part of government what you think
about in-cockpit datalink services. A team of researchers from two Virginia
universities is working with NASA to determine what pilots want and need in
an in-flight weather information service. They have created a Web site where
pilots may take part in the survey. "This is one opportunity for GA pilots
to have ground-floor input into the emerging datalink technology. We expect
the results to validate our own in-house research," said Randy Kenagy, AOPA
director of advanced technology. "We encourage interested pilots to look at
the survey." If you choose to take part, you'll be asked for some background
information on your aeronautical experience, and then each question twice,
to determine what you'd like to see and what you'd prefer not to see
included
in a datalink that provides weather information service, cockpit display of
traffic, and short messaging services. See
( http://www.aopa.org/epilot/redir.cfm?adid=682 ).

Here is what I want and if enough of us ask for it we will get it.
FREE!!! real time weather on UHF TV channels.There are a bunch of TV channels
not being transmitted on. (Yes they are used for cable but there is no
cable in your aircraft.) Small portable LCD color TV's  are cheap.
Less than $200 in most cases. Battery powered so they can be used in
certified aircraft with no paper work. This would be as much as an
advance in aircraft safety as GPS has been.

Paul Lamar
 
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