Hi Mike,

I hope that you are enjoying AirPlanLite.

From 9/18/2004 to 9/22/2004 there were 241 copies downloaded.

I sent my press release (which didn't include a title of "Free Flight
Planning Software" that was objected to here at RAH) to the AOPA, EAA,
Aero-News.net, Avweb, Flying Magazine, Landings.com, and Aviation
Consumer. So far none of them have mentioned it. I'm not surprised
since most of them have a vested interest in keeping my product out of
the public eye since it doesn't generate advertising revenue for them,
and competes with companies that do advertise with them. I'm not in a
position to spend the mega-bucks it takes to advertise in magazines,
especially since the revenue from AirPlan has been quite modest over
the past 6 years. Putting my family's finances at risk by going into
heavy debt in hopes of selling more product just isn't in the cards.
I still haven't broken-even on my booth at Oshkosh.

The reason I wrote AirPlan in the first place was because I wanted a
decent flight planner and didn't want to fork out $200 or so to buy
one for my occasional cross-country flights along with a $100 annual
update fee, and Cirrus and DUATs just weren't satisfactory. My wife
has been very patient and tolerant of my many evenings and weekends
spent working away on my home PC since I started work on it in late
1997. I still have a day job as an electrical engineer which is what
really pays my bills.

The old saying about the only way to make a small fortune in aviation
is to start with a large one appears to be true...

Best Regards,

Dean Wilkinson
Razor's Edge Software


"Mike O'Malley" wrote in message ...
OK, I guess I'll be the first one to say "thanks"!

From what I've seen so far, just playing with it, the terrain data puts it
far above AOPA's planner, and the ability to use it without needing an
internet connection is wonderful for those of us that might take our laptops
on the road.

I don't know if I'll ever use it for more than a quick overview flight
planning; as most long flights I go IFR anyway, but thank-you for making
this resource available.