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Old 11th Jun 2011, 10:34
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Bevan666
 
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This looks fantastic - highly polished, and will be the tipping point for me in buying an iPad 2 this week! Can you confirm just what the level of integration is with it? No need to enter distances, tracks etc to each waypoint manually I assume, it works them out for you? Does it autofill wind info from NAIPS also?
To plan a flight, just enter the start point (search by ident or name, or point on the map) any intermediate points and the destination. It calculates all distances, headings, times (once a particular aircraft is selected), downloads automatically all relevant forecasts and NOTAMS from NAIPS to get winds (even upper level winds for you folks living in the flight levels) and temps.

Enter a departure time, some people, fuel and then submit the plan via NAIPS. If you love paper you can print the plan + ERSA/DAP charts for your route with the press of a button.

Job done.

Then in the aircraft in flight the <previous leg> <next leg> buttons can be used to set which leg of your plan you are on. As waypoints are passed the times are logged, and ETA's for the rest of the plan updated based on forecast winds.

When pressing on a leg on the flight plan another window opens with the TAF's and NOTAMS for that location, and scrolling to the right you have the ERSA and DAP's for the location (if applicable).

As for pricing, the various subscription types are on our site, but the full version with ERSA,AIP,DAPs and all maps for a year will be $130 when purchased through our site or $170 via the subscription in the app store.

Bevan..
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