REFLECTOR:WSI

Sun, 31 Aug 2003 18:09:05 EDT

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I just flew my XL FG from Fl to VA and then on to Orr, MN for a fishing trip 
with a buddy. This was the first long trip with the WSI weather system in the 
plane, and I am here to tell you that this thing is the best thing since 
sliced bread. Total flight time was about 27 hours including some time spent 
diverting around weather that one could only see on the WSI. The return trip on 
Thursday/Friday was spent watching thunderstorms form and move as we made route 
adjustments to avoid them. The cold front progressing into MN from the west on 
Thursday morning put a group of thunder bumpers on our flank much of the trip 
south.  Friday saw us ahead of the front, but flying over the mountains in WVA, 
headed initially toward Elkins until again storms erupted there. A quick 
check on the WSI showed that a diversion to the south would mean a safe flight, so 
did that.

After dropping my buddy at RMN, I headed south in the afternoon, not a good 
time to be headed into southern GA and FL. Lots of summer cumulus hid 
thunderstorms near Savannah, but the WSI displayed them quite clearly, along with the 
status of all reporting fields south. I chose one south of Atlanta for the 
night. Made it home Saturday morning, and though no thunderstoems then, the 
capability of the system to update the status at each reporting station allowed me 
to maintain safe VFR while skirting around the towering cumulus.

This flight sold me.

Bob Wood

XL FG
N658SE  With MX-20 and WSI AV-100

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XL FG 
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