THE FLYSAFE FOUNDATION

Welcome to the FlySafe Foundation.

FlySafe was officially established in late 2004 to deliver new information technology opportunities to the aviation sector, with a focus on safety. Yet its provenance went further back than that: the FlySafe founders were producing flight GPS/tracking/planning/following/meteorological computer applications as far back as 1994.

Most GA pilots are aware that the aviation community has traditionally lagged behind the public sector in assimilating new and innovative technological opportunities - probably, it might be thought, due to the attendent conservative, regulated and liability-cautious culture. It shouldn't be like this. Flying an aeroplane ought to as easy and an as accessible as jumping into the family sedan and driving to the local shopping precinct for the weekend's provisions. In truth it is just as easy and, more's to the point, a lot safer.

FlySafe has developed a suite of software tools and aids that provide real solutions addressing a number of current aviation practices. These tools and aids have been designed to meet the needs of the end user without being overly exhaustive and complicated to use. Indeed it is this focus of the software design that distinguishes FlySafe from all other packages on the market today.

We supply software and web-based services which provide effective solutions and safety within the aviation sector. Proven leaders in the fields of pre-flight planning, weathers, tracking and flight following, we have an agile and responsive development team who ensure premium quality of product and rapid progression of ideas and enhancements.

More importantly, all these services are provided to you the end-user FREE of charge - sounds like horse manure? Well, it isn't and if you care to you can read all about this in our (oh no, not again) Mission Statement (just by clicking here).

But if you're not into this why not just join up with FlySafe and give peace a chance?

It really is elegantly simple:

firstly, you make your presence known to the FlySafe Internet Service centre (from now on we call this FIS); you'll need a user or or nickname and probably a ICAO aircraft designator - these identifiers have to be unique so you might have to try more than once

next, you might need to submit some user name and password information to allow access to proprietary meteorological services - e.g. New Zealand's MetFlight aviation weathers

you should really submit an eMail address to us so that we can get together for a chat from time to time

if you want to use the FlySafe free SMS texting service you'll need to supply a unique name (we call this your fMail name)

and then later, if you want to use some of the powerful FlySafe Foundation services, you might need to submit default identification information, like your favourite list of waypoints, some values needed for calculating weight and balance for your aircraft ... but let that wait!

Because ... I can't!

When you enter the FlySafe Foundation site you will see a typical "horizontal menu bar" the contents of which may vary from time to time - for example, there may be extra menu options if you have already signed in.

Before anything else ... are you already an experienced and registered FlySafe Foundation member? If you are, simply click Next button in the menu bar at the top of the screen or "would you have me teach my Grandma to suck eggs?"