Chris G. wrote:

What have your experiences been with the different software? What did
you like and dislike about the software you used?

http://www.enflight.com, which has been free up to now, has announced they are
becoming a pay-to-play service. Announcement on their home page. Unfortunately
as part of the improvement, they'll abandon one of their best features (the
free-ness).

They say it will be a 'nominal fee' and if you sign up before the upgrade you'll
get a discount. Might as well sign up now for the free service, and if you don't
like it you can skip the upgrade and fee, if you do like it you get the discount.

Oh what the heck, I'll paste it he

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quote from enflight.com follows
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A major update to Enflight will be introduced in June, 2005 The ease of use and
accuracy you've come to rely on will remain, and many exciting new features will
be added. Please see the column on the right for more information about the new
Enflight.

On enflight.com, you're a name, not a number - when you register for your
account, you'll be asked to select a login name of your choice. During the
registration process, you will enter your AOPA member number (if applicable) and
your CSC DUATS access code and password; once you have entered these numbers,
you won't need to use them again.

Thank you for using Enflight! If you'll be at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh
Wisconsin from Monday July 25th through Sunday July 31st, please drop by our
booth and say "hello". Our booth #3151-3152 is in exhibit hangar C in the middle
of the "A" row - we're just opposite the side door that faces hangar A. We'd be
delighted to meet you and to personally answer any questions you may have. And
we can help you plan your flight home and give you a printed briefing and flight
plan to take with you.


It's taken us longer than we expected to get it all ready to go, but the new
release of Enflight will go online later this month - June 2005! It has many new
and exciting features, including a number of items requested by you, our
subscribers. Here's a brief preview of what you'll see:

* Enflight's award-winning WXpert Weather Expert has been improved - your
briefing will be both more compact and easier to read. The new selective print
option allows you to further reduce the length of a briefing so you can print
out just what you need.
* Our new NOTAM Expert, NXpert, helps you locate the NOTAMS that are
important to your flight, and to skip over those that probably aren't relevant.
* The new Enflight Mobile gives you access to almost all of the Enflight
web site via your internet-connected PDA or Smart Phone, with support for a wide
range of devices.
* Enflight's powerful flight planner has been enhanced with additional
routing options including a route wizard that helps you define your own routes.
You'll be able to store your own routes of flight for future use. The enhanced
flight planner features access to FAA preferred routes, a route comparison
feature that lets you evaluate multiple choices at a glance, and new
airport-based waypoints for direct routes. And there's a library of aircraft
performance profiles for popular makes and models.
* Enflight's Airport Directory gives you full information on U.S. airports
in a highly readable yet compact format that is easy to view on screen (or on
your handheld) and is easy to print. Detailed FAA airport surface diagrams for
about 600 airports are included. Search facilities that are unique to Enflight
are available to locate airports of interest to you.
* Up-to-date FAA instrument procedures, including approaches, departure
procedures, STARs, and alternate and take-off minimums are presented in a new
easy-to-use format. You can also easily select the pages you want to print and
print them in a single step - no cumbersome downloading and unpacking.

There are many more improvements throughout the site, ranging from the Remember
me login feature, to accelerated page loading using dynamic compression
technology, to extensive online help facilities. We're sure you'll find it a
pleasure to use the new 2005 Enflight!

With the introduction of the new release, Enflight will begin charging
subscribers a nominal fee to use the site. Existing subscribers will receive
special discounts on subscriptions, so if you haven't already signed up as an
Enflight subscriber, you should do so right now.