I had laboured away to write Perl scripts to record Engine Monitor and EFIS data. The scripts did what I needed, but I wasn't happy with the interface. And I realized that I needed to do some more work to make them handle the case where I started the script before I applied power to the avionics. And I still had to write the script for the GNS 430.

I had received an e-mail several months ago from someone who was interested in my data recording scripts. I sent him a copy, and heard no more. Then suddenly a few weeks ago Mike e-mailed me a EFIS data recording script that had a proper user interface, and was able to deal with the case where the script was started before the avionics were powered up. A week ago he sent me a script for the Engine Monitor, and now he is starting to work on one for the GNS 430. I have no idea who Mike is, where he lives, etc. But his work is very much appreciated. Thanks Mike!