As a pilot by trade, and as somebody that builds a lot of aviation based applications, it was handy coming across a function that calculates the distance between two points based on longitude and latitude. I’ve just used ‘elements’ of this PHP code in an Android based application I’m working on. The function, originally published [...]
[Shortcode] Easily post an aviation TAF report into your WordPress post or page with shortcode
January 16, 2011 By 2 Comments
A few weeks ago I posted some code that would retrieve an aviation metar from the NOAA website and display it within your WordPress blog post or page. As expected, it was followed with a few emails asking how we could output a TAF (or Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) instead. Using the same recycled code, it’s [...]
[Shortcode] Easily post an aviation Metar report into your post or page with shortcode
December 29, 2010 By 3 Comments
I published some PHP code about 12 months ago that would output a raw aviation metar onto your website. Since I’ve published a ton of shortcode lately, I’ve had two people email me and ask how a Metar report could be posted into a WordPress post or page. Once again, easily accomplished! If you have [...]
Jetstar and the iPad as IFE
June 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
While interviewing a Jetstar Social Media employee last week, they let it slip that the airline would be launching iPads as an IFE alternative with avionics supplier BlueBox. We talked about it only briefly before I was sworn to secrecy. The conversation did, however, inspire my last post. Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Australia’s low [...]
iPad as an IFE Alternative
June 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’ve refrained from the iPad IFE debate for as long as I can. The question many people are asking at the moment is whether the iPad will replace existing integrated IFE (In-Flight Entertainment) systems as the entertainment platform of choice for cabin consumers. To me, it’s like suggesting iPods will put an end to in-car [...]
CessnaConquest.net
June 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’ve just uploaded another website to CessnaConquest.net. It’s a web based ground reference for pilots of the Cessna 441 Conquest. The generic engineering and systems website is designed to assist pilots undertaking Conquest type ratings/endorsements; or it can be used as a systems refresher for those pilots that fly it. The Conquest is a brilliant [...]
Flight.org
February 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
If you’re wondering why we haven’t posted anything here lately, it’s because we were busy setting up another blog at flight.org that we ‘launched’ on the 15th of this month. We’ve had a few emails querying the infrequent posts – and for this we apologise. We’re back on track now and should be back to [...]
CrewResourceManagement.net
January 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
What is Crew Resource Management? CRM deals with the cognitive and interpersonal skills that are required to manage a flight within an organised and broad aviation system. In this context, cognitive skills are defined as the mental processes used for gaining and maintaining situational awareness, for solving problems and for making decisions. Interpersonal skills are [...]
Aviation METAR with PHP
December 30, 2009 By 5 Comments
I have a bunch of aviation sites, many that require weather information. I like to include raw and unformatted TAF and METAR information on a number of locations. This weather information is presented as a string of text that can be quickly deciphered by pilots. This is a small snippet of code that will retrieve [...]
FlightPlanning.com
September 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
FlightPlanning.com is another site by us at InterNoetics. The site as it exists now is a global aircraft registration search engine but was never intended to be just a search engine. The initial objective was to build an actual flight planning website that would permit pilots to build robust flight plans for any aircraft type [...]
Marty has been involved with online application development for a number of years and has worked with large scale applications both as a coder and project manager. He is currently actively contributing to 7 blogs and maintains over 300 websites. 
Ken has been developing software solutions and managing IT projects for over 20 years. Ken has a computer science degree and, although his focus was previously on Windows based software, his focus is now on blogging and other online projects.
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