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First things first - WSI categorically denies it had
any control over the weather during Airventure 2003.
We know it looked suspicious when a downpour started
and stopped with WSI Director of Aviation Services,
Arlo Gambell’s presentation on thunderstorm avoidance.
The daily afternoon 'cool-offs' that drove visitors
into the exhibit halls (and our booth) raised some eyebrows
as well. Bad weather is good business for an aviation
weather company exhibiting it’s services, but really
- we had nothing to do with it.
Luckily, the storms in Wisconsin were not enough to
keep conventioneers away and EAA reports that they had
the biggest show ever - over 770,000 visitors for the
week! WSI was there online, on the ground and in the
air. The traffic to the WSI booth was steady all week
with serious inquires on our WSI InFlight service. Not
only was WSI showing the 'latest and greatest' but was
also helping people make their plans to fly to and from
Oshkosh a success.
WSI Debuts Free Fly-In Weather Site
Airventure 2003 was the debut of WSI’s free fly-in
weather website geared to the weather in the Wisconsin
region. The site www.wsi.com/fly/wxeaa was active from
mid-June through August 8th and featured surface prognostics,
satellite imagery and WSI’s industry leading NOWrad®
radar summary. Over sixty thousand page views were recorded
for this unique planning tool during the course of the
show. WSI's next fly-in weather web site will be focused
on AOPA next month in Philadelphia. Click here
for more information.
WSI Had a Strong Presence at Oshkosh
WSI was all over the show grounds this year at Oshkosh.
Besides our booth in Hangar C, WSI fed live weather
data to UPS-AT, L3 Communications, Lancair, NASA and
the FAA. Also, WSI provided eight WSI Pilotbrief terminals
for the FAA’s Temporary Flight Service Station.
Convention goers were able to plan their day weather
wise with the WSI 3 day forecast published daily in
the AirVenture Today newspaper. WSI was also proud to
support our WSI InFlight Authorized Dealers and display
partners that were exhibiting at the show with collateral
and signage - sixteen booths in all. Lest we forget,
WSI conducted a well attended (yes the storm helped)
seminar on Thunderstorm Avoidance. Leave it to Arlo
to pull out all of the stops to conduct a great discussion
on the weather.
Excellent Feedback from WSI Customers at the Show
Perhaps the most rewarding thing for the WSI team was
to hear the stories of WSI InFlight customers that used
the WSI InFlight system to successfully negotiate the
weather on the way to Oshkosh. It was a pleasure meeting
all of our customers - we even were able to give some
‘kit builders’ suggestions on system integration
and antenna placement. Everyone that came to the booth
was abuzz with the news that WSI certified the WSI InFlight
system just before the show. Finally, it was a treat
to watch the Aeroshell
Aerobatic Team perform each day with the knowledge
that WSI InFlight helped them on their tour this year.
WSI sponsors the team and is outfitting each of the
beautiful T-6s with a WSI InFlight system.
WSI had a wonderful show at Oshkosh this year and it
was great to meet each of our customers and prospects
that made the pilgrimage to Wisconsin. We look forward
to another great time next year sharing with you the
hundred and first year of powered flight!
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