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Old 26th November 2003 | 14:47
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Mike Cross
 
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IO540 said
It would be great to have a PDA with a 640x480 screen and GSM (and battery life more than 10 mins...)
It may be closer than you think. The nice guys at NavBox have a version under development for the Pocket PC.

So how about an XDA that is a phone, does your weight and balance, Flight Plan, list of en-route frequencies and PLOG and plugs into a GPS to give you a moving map display?

Or an Ipaq with the NavMan GPS sleeve that does everyhting except the phone in one unit?

NOTAM and Weather are a little further off. Getting 214/215's from the Met Office site is simple enough and it should not be overly difficult to devise a website that would take Flight Plan input and produce the NOTAM. If the CAA could be persuaded to get a standard interface on the AIS site then software manufacturers could design to work with it.

Mike
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