About ForeFlight
ForeFlight produces intelligent aviation software for pilots. Started in 2007, ForeFlight is devoted to giving pilots the best possible mobile flight planning tools.
The ForeFlight Team
Tyson Weihs - Founder, Principal Developer
I'm Tyson Weihs, a software entrepreneur and private pilot.
My first venture was a Atension, Inc., a dorm room startup with Sheridan Chambers and Dan Cornell
(now principals of the fast growing security firm Denim Group)
that was acquired by a public company in 1999.
I then directed software engineering at BenefitFocus.com ("BF") where flying was a part of corporate DNA. During the day I now hang out here.
Doug Moreland, a friend and co-founder of BF, attracted me to flying by handing me the controls of N205CC one fine Saturday during my first GA flight.
I am passionate about simple, high-quality software. I hope you find that ForeFlight's products reflect our collective passion for style, performance and utility.
Jason Miller - Founder, Principal Developer
I'm Jason Miller, a software engineer by training and a private pilot by fascination. So far, I've earned my IFR rating and complex/high performance endorsements. I haven't decided if I should go after the commercial or tailwheel next.
Most of my flight time is in Cessna 172s and Cirrus SR22s. I keep a blog called Vectors To Final where I record my flights and keep a collection of links to other blogs and sites that I enjoy.
Krista Miller - Support and Development
Hello, I'm Krista Miller, a software engineer by training, a private pilot by training, and a mommy-in-training!
I'm the lead developer of ForeFlight Weather, our first app for Google's Android platform. I've also been working on ForeFlight Desktop Edition since its inception. Now that I'm using these tools in my own preflight planning and actually understand the utility and impact, I feel a new pride for what we've created. I hope that you like them as much as I do and can integrate ForeFlight into your flying routine!
Adam Houghton - Principal Developer
I'm Adam Houghton, a software developer and iPhone enthusiast. I've written software that still chugs away at a wide range of clients, from Wyndham Hotels and Radio City Music Hall to the Texas State Prison System. My latest focus is the emerging wave of iPhone development and truly interactive web sites. I recently published articles in Dr Dobbs Journal and IBM developerWorks, and frequently blog about iPhone development at AdamHoughton.com.
While I'm more likely to spend my weekends in an Air Nautique than a Cessna, I'm drawn to the ForeFlight vision of ultimate usability, exceptional utility, and intelligent mobile applications.
Partners
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is a not-for-profit individual membership association, which effectively serves the interests and needs of its members as aircraft owners and pilots, and establishes, maintains, and articulates positions of leadership to promote the economy, safety, and popularity of flight in aircraft. Additional information about the association and the benefits of becoming a member is available online at http://www.aopa.org.
The AOPA and ForeFlight partnered to build the AOPA Airports app, the next generation of the AOPA Airport Directory for iPhone and iPod touch. The AOPA Airport Directory, first published in 1962, is cited by members as one of the top three benefits of AOPA membership. AOPA represents over 410,000 members, or more than 70% of the pilots in the United States.
Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.
Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc. (Universal®) began providing weather briefings specifically for corporate aviation in 1959. Today, Universal is much more than a weather company. Universal is a global trip support services provider, serving clients at every point along their trips, virtually anywhere they fly. Through Trip Support Services, the UVair® Fuel Program, Universal Aviation(sm), and online trip planning tools, Universal® is prepared to meet every client's need for a given trip, from start to finish.
Universal® and ForeFlight partnerned to bring Universal's UVTripPlanner(sm) database to the iPhone. Together, we deliver to pilots information on more than 25,000 landing facilities and associated ground services, and more than 1,000 custom airport diagrams for top worldwide business airports identifying FBO/handler locations on the field.
RunwayFinder
RunwayFinder.com is a flight planning resource for U.S. pilots, showing current weather conditions for airports in an area at a glance displayed on seamless sectional and terminal charts.
ForeFlight has partnered with RunwayFinder to provide pilots with the best, most useable chart data possible. Check out ForeFlight Charts to learn more!
Weather Decision Technologies
Weather Decision Technologies is the world's most advanced value-added weather content provider, counting as clients most of the United States' leading weather services and interactive media outlets, as well as governmental, industrial and military weather customers from all over the world.