WEATHER IS ALWAYS CHANGING—SO SHOULD THE TECHNOLOGY » By Flight Training staff hen you look at the weather, do you have trouble deciding whether or not you want to fly? Imagine what it was like a century ago when pilots didn’t have any of the tools we take for granted today. Thankfully, our tools today are plentiful, and advances come every year. But when you consider what really matters, there are five technologies that have changed aviation. If things have been this good over the past few decades, imagine what life will be like for pilots 50 years from now. THE FIRST AVIATION forecast on December 1, 1918, presented at the U.S. Weather Bureau— now NOAA's National Weather Servuce. PLUS Watch a video demonstration of XM and ADS-B weather. JUNE 2012 FLIGHT TRAINING / 31