That kind of support is huge and very impressive. My employer recently supplied crews with Ipads using Foreflight in the U.S. and Air Nav Pro in europe or OZ Runways in Australia. Our main suggestion was to try all three, since personal preference plays such a big role.

Paper charts probably are not going to be a part of that. Garmin shows your iPad’s overall capacity at the bottom of the downloads page, which is handy for planning coverage areas, and it also offers three different terrain resolutions depending on how much space is free on your iPad. While these may not be as obvious as ForeFlight’s large pop-up displays and audio warnings, they can be very helpful once you know where to look for them. Good luck, with … I’ve complained to Garmin a number of times about the blue letter keys on the black and they don’t listen. Better economics? There have been a number of new entrants in the past year, from Bendix/King’s myWingman to Fltplan.com to AOPA FlyQ. and jump to its location in the app. Even if Sport’s doesn’t sell the app. All of these have really transformed the way I fly and are resident on both my iPhone5 and iPad Mini. Good and useful comparison! GPS feature of Stratus was very spotty enroute from C77 to CYYB in Canada.

You can view your proposed route on a chart, then add weather radar, satellite, TFRs and METAR symbols. I saw on GP that I could go south past Amarillo and Lubbock to El Paso and west to Tucson. There are some drawbacks to it, like having to flightplan on the website and it cludgy data downloads, but it worth having as a backup and for its easy access to some data. Also this December, my Ipad overheated and turned off ten minutes out of my destination after an hour 15 min of flight.

Agree with James Moss. If you’re going to make comparisons, compare them all.

Yes, I am aware Foreflight creates a seperate thread for the download, but with double the payload you have to do something , Living in South Africa we are limited by availability of charts. The support team has kept me with FF. I find Fltplan is flaky on my android tablet, but generally works. There is no risk in making the wrong choice, since you can try out both apps free for 30 days. Since I normally only fly in southern B.C. . I think the article was a good attempt at nothing really. The slider on the right side of the screen adjusts the altitude: You’ll also find a new layer to view upper air charts up to FL400. These profiles were created using data collected directly the manufacturer’s performance tables, providing highly accurate ETE and fuel calculations when planning a flight. We also combed through app reviews in the App Store. James, you wouldn't use FF/GP for cross country planning as a student? Future pilots will most likely decide based on “softer” issues like reliability, ease of chart updates and support. No-one can satisfy everyone, but from the feedback we get, pilots far prefer the videos. Garmin’s connected-panel system is called Connext and was initially designed to work exclusively with Garmin Pilot, but is now compatible with the ForeFlight app as well. This is a small but important feature. Unfortunately adding the procedure in Garmin pilot will NOT amend the flight plan so although we will see the plate, there will not be an amended flight plan, and the magenta line will not follow the approach.

Pilots familiar with other Garmin navigation … One big plus for FF with Stratus that you missed, that is the Horizon app. Tap download weather to get the latest winds aloft included, then tap Optimize Altitude to find the best altitude based on time or fuel burn. Aviation app companies have been busy this Spring developing a set of exciting new features for pilots in their apps. You can also add additional international regions and Jeppesen charts to Garmin Pilot for an additional subscription fee. Or perhaps tiptoeing around some high risk airspace trying to keep oriented by ground references in case the GPS gets spoofed by the occasional jamming! I appreciate the redundancy of having it on my iPad and iPhone 5 simultaneously so if it ever was to fail in flight on my iPad, I’ve got a (small) screen that will enable me to use the features I want to help me to get back on the ground safely. The argument that the iPad is distracting and you need to learn to fly first is the exact same argument that was made when the E6b first came out. This allows you to create, edit and sync flight plans with fltplan.com and view all the relevant data right in the Garmin Pilot app. $199/yr, Performance Plus: Everything in Pro Plus, plus aircraft performance profiles, advanced planning engine, AviationCloud routes, fuel policies/safety checks, JetFuelX prices. If not paired with an AHRS device, iFly GPS will use GPS-derived altitude, ground speed, and vertical speed. With the 430 you don't need an app.

by airspeed250 » Tue Feb 24, 2015 12:26 pm, Post Pick the app first, then the hardware. Open systems give us more choices and better economics! I would not, all of my guys do all the planning with a plotter and ruler, using math to get all their numbers on a paper nav log. (reason for the mini). This is fun though watching this technology develop. This collaborative flight planning feature makes flight planning much easier for corporate flight departments, and all the relevant details for each flight are sent right to the ForeFlight app on the assigned flight crew’s iPad or iPhone. Dedicated aviation handhelds are the next best thing to paper. Just had the ForeFlight notice popup, here is what it is all about: Having been using FltPlan Go for the last few months while doing my instrument rating, it seems to work very well for IFR.

Download Air Navigation Pro from the App Store.

I use ForeFlight but I’m not really a fan.

It is strange that the Dual 150 GPS works with FF and any other GPS-driven app but its sister product Dual XGPS 170 won’t work with FF. Start off with preflight planning – the app will constantly compare the weather reports for your planned departure and destination airports to the personal minimums you set in the app (maximum surface wind, minimum visibility and ceiling) and display a yellow triangle next to an airport ID on the Trip Planning screen when these will be exceeded, based on nearest TAF. $149/yr.