Blueskies wrote:
"scott moore" wrote in message ...
::
:
: And the "profit motive" has given us wx delivered by geosyncronous
: satellite, including graphics. The FAA has given us an operator who
: reads web pages to you.
:
: The government would have got round to giving you satellite delivered
: weather and graphics, certainly by 2040 at the latest.
:
: By the way, all of that graphical weather comes from Nexrad radar, an
: expensive and advanced system YOU paid to build. How much progress has
: the FAA or NOAA made in getting that information to you in the cockpit?
: (without commercial help)
:
: Scott

Exactly my point, we (the US govment) have captured and disseminated the data using tax payer dollars. That data is
given to a private company and then sold back us (the US tax payer) in a different form. That is not right. The
non-responsiveness of the govment is not right either, but just because they are slow to the 'market' does not mean we
should throw out the baby with the bathwater...



The US government invented and deployed Nexrad, the most advanced
weather radar system on the planet, so that ma and pa could find
out if it is going to rain on the monday morning commute.

The Nexrad data gets beamed up to a satellite, bounced to NOAA
for interpretation, beamed to the networks, bounced off a distribution
satellite, and presented on a digital television.

For ma and pa.

For pilots, the government has managed to distribute it to briefers
who give you an interpretation by voice radio, via AM (aptitude
modulation), a technology that was invented by an Italian in the late
1800s, more than a century ago.

Now, you can, for a fee, to a private company, get your nexrad pictures,
within 5-10 minutes old, off a satellite, direct to your airplane. Why?
Because ma and pa wanted to listen to Howard Stern asking some stripper
if he can put his hand down her pants. Live. Via digital radio.

Now tell me about how the government is doing a good job for pilots.

Scott