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M. B. Ingersoll

Live ATIS - Has It Died?

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Cannot seem to connect.  Since the merge, I've continued using Live ATIS as its very handy.  But, did we lose this when we transitioned to VATSIM?  Was I on borrowed time?

 

Thanks (and if there's been a discussion of this, I didn't find it when I looked before posting this),

----M B Ingersoll

----FAA Retired

----ZFW ATCS - 1984 to 2008

----USAF Sr. ATC - 1973 to 1983

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Guest John Girard

I think it has died. No longer listed in downloads section.  OTH, in VATSIM every staffed airport provides an ATIS frequency.

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Live ATIS has been decommissioned as a result of the merger. There's really no reason for us to use it as it wouldn't have worked with anything other than FSX. Controllers have other tools to check weather and create ATIS information.

 

What do you use it for?

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Evan Reiter

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Yes, I love the ability to get the ATIS in text through vPilot.  But what I used LiveATIS for was to quickly and easily get both the departure and arrival weather for flight planning.  Guess I'll go back to http://aviationweather.gov/adds/metars/ .  When I'm doing longer flights, I'll also use http://aviationweather.gov/adds/winds .  I'm curious what others might use, but that's probably fodder for another topic.

 

Thanks!

----M B Ingersoll

----FAA Retired

----ZFW ATCS - 1984 to 2008

----USAF Sr. ATC - 1973 to 1983

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Ah, yes, I see what you mean. I actually found it very handy too for controlling ZBW, although I've found VRC to work just as well.

 

Despite its usefulness, there were just a handful of people connecting to it and running Live ATIS alone doesn't justify the associated server costs.

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Evan Reiter

Community Director
Administration Team

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