Watch the weather with pleasure – a must have weather gadget
On 24/02/2010, in Just to let you know..., by steve
Other than recommending interesting books, we do not usually call our readers’ attention to other merchandise. However, every now and then we do find things that are so interesting or innovative that they simply must be recommended. In the jungle of weather gadgets, YoWindow 2.0 is such a product.
I am sure you have seen weather gadgets before and they are usually very functional and are even nice with their carefully crafted graphics. However, YoWindow brings that bit of extra that sets it apart from the crowd.
You can download a free but slightly limited version or cough up $9.99 for an unlimited version (instant download) and enjoy 8 day forecasts, an unlimited number of favorite locations and also automatic update of the weather. There are no ads in the paid version. The free version might have ads in the future. There is even a widget version for inclusion in your web site and it is free!
So what is the big difference?
Hudson River ditching 3D reconstruction
On 04/02/2010, in Just to let you know..., by steve
It is hard to believe that the historic ditching in the Hudson River of US Airways Flight 1549 was more than a year ago on 15 January 2009. Much has been written about the incident and the captain of the flight, Mr. Sully Sullenberger has given us an interesting book about how he experienced this event sharig also his thoughts about many other things related to the highest duty.
EXOSPHERE3D, a company specializing in technical animation and scientific visualization of complex data sets has recently brought us a very nice photorealistic animation depicting Flight 1549’s movements from take-off to ditching in the Hudson River. The animation is based on the latest, most complete information avaiable about the flight. With ATC radiotelephony and the words of the crew in the cockpit perfectly synched to the pictures, watching this video makes you think you are watching live TV.
Check out the video here.
Order Capt. Sullenberger’s book here.
2009 Airline IT Trends Survey now available
On 25/10/2009, in Just to let you know..., by steve
The 2009 edition of the Airline IT Trends Survey,
co-sponsored by Airline Business and SITA, is now available.
You can purchase the full results on CD by sending an email.
To download the very comprehensive Executive Summary, click here.
Questionable ads banished
On 28/09/2009, in Just to let you know..., by steve
It looked like a good idea… a banner that would bring context sensitive ads as visitors browsed Roger-Wilco. We tried it and it was a huge disappointment. Silly on-line games (albeit promoted with pretty girls) and dating-sites were the only stuff we got on the main blog level, clearly not the sort of thing we would want to have there.
So, the damn thing is gone, banished and will not be allowed to come back until its authors come up with something that does what it promises.
In case you were wondering…
On 21/09/2009, in Just to let you know..., by steve
The ad on the right hand side (the big one…) is experimental… its message is generated by the contents of the blog itself. Based on some of the first ads that came up, I started wondering what ATM is really about. Computers seem to have a very strange understanding of our profession!
Anyway, please bear with us… and click on the ads if you see something you like!
60 years of military transport flying
On 12/09/2009, in Just to let you know..., by steve
Those who looked skywards to-day in Hungary could glimpse a sight not previously seen anywhere. An Antonov An-26 of the Hungarian Air Force and the last airworthy Li-2 flew together to commemorate 60 years of military transport flying in the country.
The Lisunov Li-2, wearing the original Malev livery, is one of the several thousand examples license-built in the Soviet Union, actually the Soviet version of the Douglas C-47. The Russian designation was PS-84 and NATO reporting name Cab. It is rumored that the Russians have never paid a cent to Douglas in license fees. This particular example entered service with the Hungarian People’s Army in 1949 and was later turned into a civilian transport with the registration HA-LIX.
The Antonov An-26, NATO reporting name Curl, is a development of the An-24 and was first seen in 1969. It is easy to recognize by the modified rear fuselage housing a large cargo ramp.
Flying almost wingtip to wingtip to-day, the biggest problem for the An-26 skipper was flying slow enough not to overtake the Li-2…
Welcome
On 23/07/2009, in Just to let you know..., by steve
Until a few years ago, we had no idea what the word “blog” (the contraction of the term weblog) really meant. Then all of a sudden, it was all over us.
No self respecting prime minister, dictator or college student would consider not having a blog.
But what is this magic tool that seems to have such an irresistible force of attraction for such a wide swath of humanity?
Wikipedia tells us that a blog is a kind of website with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events and other material, such as graphics and video. While some blogs function as a personal online diary, many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject.
Roger-Wilco is a blog of this second category. RWB is dedicated to the world of air traffic management, as seen through the eyes of air traffic controllers, pilots, engineers, psychologists… and YOU, our readers who we trust will comment on the articles appearing on the pages of our blog.
