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Old November 21st 08, 04:14 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
bumper
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Default A question for you GIS gurus out there

I use a Garmin 396 with XM weather. It's $50 a month for the weather
service. Displays TFR's, and all manner of weather data including lightning
strikes and winds aloft.

bumper


"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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Tuno wrote:
TFRs are usually so short lived that it's unlikely anyone would have
have current files loaded.


I'm thinking more about contest situations. At Parowan this year we
had TFRs in the task area most days. Having the PDA programmed to
always load "dailytfrs.sua", even if the file is empty, would make for
an easy daily procedure.


I'll like that feature during our fire season, when we might have 10 or
more fire TFRs within reach (WA, OR, ID) in a bad year.


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