When you find yourself at a small rural airport, how are you to use
DUATS to receive a preflight briefing?

This dilemma has driven sales of products like the Garmin 496 and
Pilot MyCast. I know I use both of these weather marvels all the
time, since we often visit rural airports that lack weather computers.

Consolidating and privatizing flight service has shifted the cost of
weather reporting from the taxpayer to the user. Normally I would not
be happy with this situation, but quite honestly the live-and-
constantly-updated weather I get from the 496 is vastly superior to
any FSS briefing I've ever received.

With weather, a picture really IS worth a thousand words, and having
guys tell you the weather over the phone is simply another job that
technology has made obsolete.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"