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Some time back we set up a number of Twitter accounts that would automate the hourly posting of aviation metars for a small number of airports (examples: @YSSYmetar & @KLAXmetar). We were later inundated with requests from people that wanted us to set up accounts for their own local airports. It was a little time-prohibitive [...]
As part of our commitment to producing media of interest for aviation enthusiasts and professionals, we’ve created a number of automated Twitter accounts that are fed with the latest (and greatest!) in aviation news. Unlike services such as Twitterfeed that indiscriminately posts everything fed off an RSS feed, we’ve developed a proprietary system that will [...]
A few weeks ago I posted some code that would retrieve an aviation metar from the NOAA website and display it within your WordPress blog post or page. As expected, it was followed with a few emails asking how we could output a TAF (or Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) instead. Using the same recycled code, it’s [...]
Talk of the Killer EFB Application that will justify the purchase of the system is a misnomer – the Killer App is the EFB itself. Today I am at Day One of the Airline & Aerospace MRO & Operations IT Conference, looking primarily at EFB and EFB enabled systems. As I sort through the assault of information that comes at you at these events, I’ll be musing here…
On the way to the conference, the status of EFB in the modern flight deck is reviewed from inception over the last decade to the current move towards consumer devices such as the iPad.
The FAA freely releases all their questions and answers making them a useful took for flying schools engaged in that level of training. The data, however, is often difficult to implement into other online applications because the data is generally disseminated as a text file or PDF. We’ve parsed the data into a MySQL database [...]
While interviewing a Jetstar Social Media employee last week, they let it slip that the airline would be launching iPads as an IFE alternative with avionics supplier BlueBox. We talked about it only briefly before I was sworn to secrecy. The conversation did, however, inspire my last post. Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Australia’s low cost [...]
I’ve refrained from the iPad IFE debate for as long as I can. The question many people are asking at the moment is whether the iPad will replace existing integrated IFE systems as the entertainment platform of choice for cabin consumers. To me, it’s like suggesting iPods will put an end to in-car stereo systems. [...]
This will be my last IT blog for a while … I’m going to return to Aviation shortly where I have a history of at least a modicum of success …
I have a confession to make. For some time now I’ve been indulging in an illicit, subversive, un-seemly behaviour – very much out of keeping with my persona and belief system as an IT hip type person (did I just use the word hip? Sorry, must be stress/guilt). I’ve been doing this despite having a [...]
At some point over the last few years, I have apparently encountered Perses, the ancient Greek God of destruction and have inherited his curse. Actually this is an imperfect syllogism, because while some of the things I touch these days certainly do turn to crap – they’re all basically computers. Unfortunately the Greeks seemed not [...]
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