-- Jeppesen Weather Services' (903-799-9090/www.jeppesen.com) new Advanced Weather Graphics (AWG) package enables subscribers to receive high-resolution color maps anywhere one can connect with airline communications services such as ACARS and SITA. New features of AWG include a North Pacific Surface Analysis and forecasts, a European surface analysis, and U.S. icing and turbulence analyses. -- Dimensions International (703-998-0098/www.dimen-intl.com) has released FLIGHTExplorer 2.0, the company's latest aircraft situation display package.

An attendee to the recent Society of Automotive Engineer's "Advances in Air Safety" conference, held in Daytona Beach recently, might have been surprised to discover that this was the first time the SAE had ever convened a conference devoted entirely to air safety. By the end of the three-day event, however, one could conclude that those assembled here were well versed in safety issues..

Global Energy has entered the avcomps market with an aviation CD-ROM containing a full FAA database-more than 660 megabytes of information, says the Madison, Wis. firm. The CD-ROM includes the following: -- FAA written tests for certificates and ratings. -- FARs (required Adobe Acrobat reader is included). -- Pilot names, addresses, ratings and medicals (660,000 records).