leer@ixe5m.UUCP (Lee Rosenbaum) (01/16/86)
I have seen ads for computer software for the IBM-PC
that will allow access to weather information to be
used in flight planning. Does anyone out there know
which computer systems it is accessing and if there
is a cost for the time on the system?
Does anyone have any software for the IBM-PC that
they have used for both weather and flight planning
that they can suggest?
I have also see an ad for a device that will access
the FAA's Interim Voice Response System for weather
retrival. Does anyone out there know anything about
IVRS?
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Lee Rosenbaum
Data: ixe5m!leer
Voice: (312) 979-0694marcum@sun.uucp (Alan Marcum) (01/17/86)
> I have also see an ad for a device that will access > the FAA's Interim Voice Response System for weather > retrival. Does anyone out there know anything about > IVRS? > Lee Rosenbaum > Data: ixe5m!leer I've used IVRS (and its predecessor) for a couple of years now. It's a touch-tone controlled voice-response weather system, providing hourly surface observations, terminal forecasts, winds aloft forecasts, TWEB route forecasts, selected weather warnings. The FAA is still working on making it fully operational. I've found its primary use in flight planning about a day in advance. NOTAMs are not in the system, so a call to the FSS is still required. But, to get some idea of the weather and winds the day before, without waiting in some foolish FSS queue, it's very useful. As far as a device for accessing IVRS, I have one on my desk: it's called a telephone. -- Alan M. Marcum Sun Microsystems, Technical Consulting ...!{dual,ihnp4}!sun!nescorna!marcum Mountain View, California