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Old 5th Jan 2010, 21:45
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IO540
 
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Yes, I still use Navbox Pro for VFR, although I have rarely flown VFR internationally since I got the IR in 2006. It's a pretty accurate and very usable program for rapid plog generation, which is basically what one does with flight planning software. Always used in conjunction with the printed VFR charts.

The only other game in town for VFR is Jepp Flitestar VFR, but the map data in that is still not good enough IMHO to be used solely for stuff like MSA planning, so printed charts are still needed (SIA for France and Jepp VFR/GPS 1:500k for all else) and Flitestar is a right clunky piece of for what should be simple VFR work.

Flitestar IFR is more or less the only option for IFR (airways) but that's another story...

There is PocketFMS (Dublinpilot knows about that one) but I don't think it eliminates the need for the printed VFR charts, either.

DP - excellent pics
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