Dick Smith invests in more airport weather cameras in April 2024 !

[Squawk7700]

Originally Posted by Hoosten

Squawk, are Foreflight getting onboard with the cameras?

Not yet nope.

They should be doing it in the US too as there are hundreds there and many more to come. Same with Garmin Pilot. Garmin in Aus expressed interest but they said they are limited by the slow cogs turning in the US.

I’ll do my best to convince them at Oshkosh in a few weeks.

[BronteExperimental]

Originally Posted by Squawk7700

Not yet nope.

They should be doing it in the US too as there are hundreds there and many more to come. Same with Garmin Pilot. Garmin in Aus expressed interest but they said they are limited by the slow cogs turning in the US.

I’ll do my best to convince them at Oshkosh in a few weeks.

Given they literally only this week turned on the ability to file a domestic flight plan from GP, I wouldn’t be holding out for cameras.
I think FF is at the margin the better EFB but there’s no way the (subjective) incremental benefits over RWY/AP are worth giving up the cameras.
GP is a distant 4th for Australia even if you have a Garmin cockpit.

[Squawk7700]

Another camera up, this time at YTYH - Tyagarah with a huge thanks yet again to Dick Smith and the locals at Tyagarah.

3 more will follow soon with another one in this location and a couple more at the gliding club. There's excellent coverage in this area now, with Tyagarah, Ballina/Byron, Lismore and Murwillumbah.

[MagnumPI]

Top work Squawk, and thanks again for your generosity Dick Smith! Aviators on the Northern Rivers now have a much better view of the coastal conditions.