posted 01-24-2002 12:33 PM            

I would *LOVE* to get Flight Explorer. In fact, I can even afford to spend the money on it. But once I read about the restrictions, I changed my mind. It says that you are only allowed like 5 or 10 hours a month, and each time you LOAD it, it charges you for 30 minutes, even if you don't use 30 minutes.. That is kinda annoying considering I would be a casual user, and probably load it like 20 or 30 times a month for 5-10 minutes at a time, instead of sitting in it for hours at a time (my office doesn't have a window so I can't watch all day long what's going on, but it would be nice if I happen to be outside to run inside and pull it up and see what's going on)...

Anyway, oh well.

posted 01-24-2002 01:02 PM            

Give me a time of day (Pacific Time) and a city, and I'll get you a picture.

I thought FE charged in 15 minute increments. We don't have too many contrail days in Lubbock, so I don't check it that often, but in three months I haven't gone over my limit yet. You can do quite a bit to get familiar with it using their offline version, so you don't chew up chargeable hours trying to figure out the features.