NOTAMS Added to Pilot My-Cast® by Garmin
Digital Cyclone®, Inc., a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the
global leader in satellite navigation, announced today an upgrade to
Pilot My-Cast by Garmin, a cell phone based product that offers critical
aviation weather data and flight planning services. The newest feature
to Pilot My-Cast by Garmin is NOTAMS (Notice to Airmen). In addition,
Pilot My-Cast by Garmin has expanded the number of mobile phones it
supports to include Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices.
“Being able to check aviation weather anytime and anywhere lets you make
go or no-go decisions wherever your cell phone receives a signal,” said
Gary Kelley, Garmin’s vice president of marketing. “And then you can
file a flight plan directly from your phone, which lets you save a
tremendous amount of time on the ground.”
Pilot My-Cast by Garmin is a cell phone based product that offers
critical aviation weather data and flight planning services. Pilots can
check current and predicted National Weather Service (NWS) data at any
location in the contiguous United States. Weather data includes NEXRAD,
METARs, TAFs, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, PIREPs, visible and infrared satellite
loops, lightning, winds aloft, area forecasts (FA), TFRs, and more.
Information is displayed in either text or graphical format, and some
information – METARs, winds aloft, PIREPs, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, TFRs – is
presented in both text and graphical formats for easy interpretation.
Filing a flight plan with Pilot My-Cast by Garmin is quick and
intuitive. Pilots use the phone’s keypad to type in the flight plan data
and Pilot My-Cast by Garmin stores the most recently filed flight plan,
which means pilots only need to alter information that has changed from
the last time they filed. When the pilot is ready to submit the plan, a
few keystrokes will automatically send the information to the DUATS
provider. Customers can subscribe to Pilot My-Cast by Garmin for $9.95
per month. To order or to see a list of wireless carriers and phones
supported visit www.digitalcyclone.com/pilot
About Garmin International Inc.
Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN),
the global leader in satellite navigation. Since 1989, this group of
companies has designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation,
communication and information devices and applications – most of which
are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin’s products serve automotive,
mobile, wireless, outdoor recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM
applications. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its
principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the
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