frederick municipal airport in maryland (KFDK) had a fly-in today and i drove up to it. the weather was very hot (upper 90's) and unpleasant. it was as interesting as last year but the heat was very uncomfortable. i went to one seminar called "the top 5-mistakes that pilots make" which was interesting but it was standing room only and i was in the back leaning against the wall which detracted from it somewhat.
while walking through the exhibitor tent (and looking for a vendor that might have had a Vertex Standard VXA-300 transceiver with a good show price) i discovered that there's a duats.com and a duat.com for filing flight plans. i've used duats.com for more than a year relatively successfully but i've always thought that the user interface left something to be desired. i just experimented with duat.com and am much more impressed with it so i'm storing in it right now some typical routes that we use in the area. i never did find anyone selling the vxa-300 at any price better than what i've found online. since my xc flights are getting longer now i'm thinking that a portable transceiver is a good idea (if anyone has any comments on the vertex vs icom transceivers please pass them along).
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