Aviation
July 20, 2007
Pilot My-Cast™ by Garmin: Now with Flight Filing and More Weather
OLATHE, Kan./July 20, 2007 — Digital Cyclone, Inc., a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd., today announced that Pilot My-Cast by Garmin is now available for download on mobile phones. Pilot My-Cast by Garmin includes innovative new features such as the ability to wirelessly file a flight plan, view graphical winds aloft and PIREPS, and check Area Forecasts (FA). These new services join a host of other features such as NEXRAD, METARs and TAFs displayed in text and graphic formats, moving weather maps, lightning data, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, PIREPs, visible and infrared satellite loops, textual winds aloft and more.
“Whether you’re in the car or at the office, Pilot My-Cast by Garmin provides detailed aviation weather reports so you can make educated routing decisions before you reach the hangar,” said Gary Kelley, Garmin’s vice president of marketing. “You can then file your flight plan wirelessly, which can save you a tremendous amount of time.”
Filing a flight plan with Pilot My-Cast by Garmin is quick and intuitive, and makes it possible to file a flight plan from a mobile phone without talking to the flight service station. Pilots use the phone’s keypad to type in the flight plan data including the pilot’s name, address, aircraft identification, aircraft type, departure point, cruising altitude, route of flight, fuel on board and estimated time enroute. Pilot My-Cast by Garmin stores the most recently filed flight plan, which means pilots only need to alter information that has changed from the last time they filed. When the pilot is ready to submit the plan, a few keystrokes will automatically send the information to the DUATS provider.
Pilot My-Cast by Garmin also gives pilots access to current and predicted National Weather Service data for the current airport, destination airport or any terminal waypoint in the continental U.S. The newest weather feature available on Pilot My-Cast by Garmin is Area Forecasts (FA) that give general descriptions of potential hazards, air mass and frontal conditions, icing and freezing level, turbulence and low-level wind shear.
Pilot My-Cast by Garmin is available now and will be on display at EAA AirVenture, July 23-29, 2007, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Customers can subscribe to Pilot My-Cast by Garmin for $9.95 per month. To order or to see a list of wireless carriers and phones supported visit www.digitalcyclone.com/pilot.
About Garmin International Inc.
Through its operating subsidiaries, Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq:GRMN) designs, manufacturers, markets, and sells navigation, communication and information devices and applications - most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin is a leader in the consumer and general aviation GPS markets and its products serve aviation, marine, outdoor recreation, automotive, wireless and OEM applications. In addition to the mobile location based weather information and wireless health information offered by Digital Cyclone, Garmin International offers leading solutions in the location based services market such as Garmin Mobile™ providing turn-by-turn utility to mobile phone users and the Garmin LBS Toolkit™ for third party wireless application developers. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200. Garmin and Digital Cyclone are registered trademarks, and Pilot My-Cast is a trademark of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.
Notice on forward-looking statements:
This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd. and its business. All statements regarding the company’s future product introductions and expected product availability dates are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's current expectations. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and actual results could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting Garmin, including, but not limited to, the risk factors listed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2006 filed by Garmin with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission file number 000-31983). A copy of Garmin’s Form 10-K can be downloaded at www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/finReports.html. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Garmin undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. |
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