"It helps to know someone is keeping you in mind"

A meeting place to connect people who want to be tracked when aloft with people willing to track them. Psychologically it helps to know someone is keeping you in mind, that you are not alone when flying.

People who are being tracked are asked to play fair by volunteering to provide tracking as well.

Aviation uses a twenty-four hour clock based on Z-time, the time in Greenwich, England. Z-time is usually five hours later than New York time, six hours later than Chicago time, seven hours later than Denver time, and eight hours later than on the West Coast."

Turbulence Forecast

1. Select the TIME of your flight. To get UTC time, add 5 hours to Eastern Time, add 6 hours to Central Time, or add 7 hours to Western Time.

2. Select the estimated ALTITUDE, usually FL 330 or FL 360.

Aviation Weather - Storm Position & Height

http://aviationweather.gov/obs/radar/ shows the position of thunderstorms and how high up the storm goes. Convert the three digit number into altitude in thousands by adding two zeros. The line associated with the storm indicates the direction the storm is moving and the speed of movment (each long "tick mark" is 10 miles per hour; each short "tick mark" is 5 miles per hour: add up the tick marks to get the total speed of movement).

Please note:

These Turbulence Forecast and Aviation Weather web pages are designed for experienced pilots rather than a concerned passenger.

It is easy to become worried about turbulence shown on these pages which is not at the altitude your flight will use.

It is also easy to become worried about storms shown on these pages that your pilots can easily circumnavigate.

If information here causes you distress, get help deciphering what these pages mean for your flight by
calling Captain Tom at 877-332-7359.