Avsoft Systems.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Cool Colorado Stuff - Brief Article

In 1996, commercial pilot Kim Halat was studying for an annual "check-ride" for his DC-10 license. A background in engineering and applied math led the Air Force Academy grad to write a program as a study aid, and he aced the test. With minimal expectations, Halat then started marketing the software to his fellow pilots, and soon found himself the owner of a burgeoning software company, Avsoft. He's since broadened the catalog to cover commercial aircraft of all kinds, to the point where 'a good 30 to 40 percent of the pilots out there now use one of our products in one way, shape or form," he said. In the post-9/11 economy, the five-employee Avsoft...