Flying Visual Flight Rules (VFR) into Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) continues to be the leading cause of fatal weather-related accidents, according to Dr. Scott Dennstaedt, an aviation weather expert who has developed a new app for pilots: EZWxBrief.
“Many general aviation pilots have a difficult time recognizing the potential for adverse weather along their proposed route of flight, so I developed this automated application that gives them that guidance while factoring in their own personal weather minimums,” he said. “EZWxBrief helps to quantify the pilot’s personal risk as it relates to weather and provides simple visualizations to enhance situational awareness along the route.”
EZWxBrief is a progressive web application designed to blend supplemental weather guidance with the general aviation pilot’s personal weather minimums and expert weather training, he explained.
All of this is integrated with the EZDeparture Advisor to let you know the most favorable time to depart to mitigate personal risk and minimize the pilot’s exposure to adverse weather, he added.
Dennstaedt is a certified flight instructor and former National Weather Services research meteorologist. Over the last two decades he has been teaching pilots at all experience levels how to minimize their exposure to adverse weather. He has published more than 200 weather-related articles in various aviation magazines and is the co-author of a new aviation weather book, “Pilot Weather: From Solo to the Airlines.”
An annual subscription to EZWxBrief is $79 and includes a “Tell us what you want to pay” renewal option.