The Problem

General aviation pilots are overwhelmed by fragmented, raw data. Flight planning today requires juggling ForeFlight, Garmin, browser-based tools, and FAA websites. Each delivers weather, NOTAMs, procedures, and airport information in disconnected dashboards — leaving pilots flipping between apps and screens, struggling to interpret complex charts, or missing critical context. What’s missing is both real-time gouge (what’s actually happening right now) and personalized learning (why the data matters).

The Solution

Community Aviation Go-NoGo is the Waze for General Aviation. Just as Waze transformed driving by crowd-sourcing real-time traffic, Go-NoGo transforms flying by building a proprietary gouge network powered by pilots in the air and stations on the ground.

• Airborne Ambassadors (pilots already using Stratus, Sentry, Stratux, or Garmin GDL) opt in to share anonymized telemetry: breakout altitudes, turbulence, icing cues, diversions, and airport insights. No new hardware required.
• Ground Stations at FBOs and schools capture approaches, missed approaches, traffic density, and hyper-local weather.
• Airport Communities blend ops gouge, facilities gouge, and community gouge — everything from pattern congestion and DA to fuel price reality checks, courtesy cars, restaurants, and hangar-talk insights.

Together, these streams create a real-time gouge layer that is fresher and more accurate than any public source.

Differentiators

• Conversational Briefings: Plain-English, co-pilot style summaries with clickable follow-ups — no more decoding walls of text.
• Learning Layer: An embedded, expert-curated knowledge base turns every planning session into a learning opportunity. Pilots don’t just get briefed — they grow smarter and safer over time.
• Integrated Experience: Weather, NOTAMs, procedures, terrain, community gouge, and education — all in one place, conversational and interactive.
• Community-Centered Brand: Anchored by Community Aviation’s mission, Go-NoGo creates airport-based communities of knowledge and connection, extending beyond flight planning.

Business Model: Growth Through Engagement

Go-NoGo’s business model is to attract as many pilots as possible and maximize the time they spend on the platform. The more pilots use Go-NoGo, the richer the gouge network becomes — driving network effects and creating a defensible data moat.

Pricing Model: Multi-Layer Monetization