How a pilot’s near-death experience helped inspire a weather app for truckers

May 04, 2022 at 02:45 PM CST
In 2014, Paxton Calvanese launched a unique aviation weather app called Wx24 Pilot. In the ensuing years, he developed a similar road weather app called Drive Weather. With constant refinements and updates, it’s now a popular tool for truckers. Calvanese loves hearing the positive feedback, Some truckers have told him it’s a life-changer. “It probably saved a life or two somewhere along the way,” he said. Perhaps that’s a fitting reward, given that Calvanese’s own near-death experience was the motivation behind creating the initial app.

May 04, 2022 at 02:45 PM CST

In 2014, Paxton Calvanese launched a unique aviation weather app called Wx24 Pilot. In the ensuing years, he developed a similar road weather app called Drive Weather. With constant refinements and updates, it’s now a popular tool for truckers. Calvanese loves hearing the positive feedback, Some truckers have told him it’s a life-changer. “It probably saved a life or two somewhere along the way,” he said. Perhaps that’s a fitting reward, given that Calvanese’s own near-death experience was the motivation behind creating the initial app.