Behind the apps: interview with ForeFlight CEO Tyson Weihs
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In our “Behind the Apps” series, we meet the people behind aviation’s top apps–almost all of whom are pilots. In our last installment, we met the team behind Garmin Pilot and learned how this impressive app came to be.
For our latest Behind the Apps profile, we visited ForeFlight’s offices in Austin, Texas. We sat down with CEO Tyson Weihs to talk about the company’s quick rise, the pilots who work on the app and how they approach software development:
Coming from an aviation family, John grew up in the back of small airplanes and learned to fly as a teenager. Ever since, he has been hooked on aviation of all kinds and regularly flies a Citabria, a Pilatus PC-12, and a Cirrus SR22. He is a 4000-hour ATP and also holds ratings for multiengine, seaplanes, gliders, and helicopters. He has written for Flying magazine, AOPA Pilot, and Plane & Pilot, and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Air Facts and the host of the Pilot’s Discretion podcast.
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Foreflight has proven to best the best. Sorry to see they aligned with one ADSB provider eliminating as clients those of us who had already purchased other devices. Not Good!