Andrew Gideon writes:

I have to confess: after seeing the demo of Flight Explorer at the Expo, I
was tempted to actually purchase a Microsoft product (as FE doesn't run on
any sane environments). That's never occurred before.

No!!!!! Don't do it!!

If someone had a web or UNIX equivalent...

....my wife would get SMS messages of where I am when I'm flying, my log
book would be filled (almost) automatically, I'd get automatic weather
updates (and FBO info) over SMS, ...

--kyler