iPhone aviation applications, what do you recommend & use?
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iPhone aviation applications, what do you recommend & use?
All right then, a fair few of you must have iPhones by now, so which applications have you found that are really helpful to aircrew?
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The Met office radar rainfall website with animation is great for getting a good picture of the weather and how its moving.
Also ipint is great for amusing pilots in the bar!!!
ZA
Also ipint is great for amusing pilots in the bar!!!
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PilotWizz. Essential. Other than that, my wireless network cracker is pretty cool but I doubt apple will let me distribute it and I'm not sending the source out
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AeroWeather is the one I use a lot. It shows your selected METARS and TAFS fully decoded and readable - much quicker than logging on to the Met Office site, having to do a lot of finger work. It also shows whether the METAR is VFR, MVFR, IFR or whatever.
Be warned though - sync your iphone at the wrong time and you can loose all your apps. You can download them again if you remember the names (or look up your purchase history) but any data stored is lost forever. Sometimes you even have to pay again, other times the apps are no longer available.
I have PilotWhizz which would come in handy if I was not able to use my PC to plan my flights.
Be warned though - sync your iphone at the wrong time and you can loose all your apps. You can download them again if you remember the names (or look up your purchase history) but any data stored is lost forever. Sometimes you even have to pay again, other times the apps are no longer available.
I have PilotWhizz which would come in handy if I was not able to use my PC to plan my flights.
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SullysFlight is a good one for keeping current on bird strike / engine failure procedures.
Also - Flight Control is pretty addictive. From playing that, I can't see what all the fuss is about re: ATC and stress
Also - Flight Control is pretty addictive. From playing that, I can't see what all the fuss is about re: ATC and stress
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Another thread running here
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...lications.html
Is it still just on one network, I think O2?
Are there plans to open to other network providers?
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...lications.html
Is it still just on one network, I think O2?
Are there plans to open to other network providers?
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Played with friends iphone yesterday with the artificial horizon app.. Vibration overwhelmed the sensors in the iphone - his comment of "this may save my ass" was quickly retracted! Basically a 60 degree turn was unregistered....
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iTouch
The iPod Touch can run all the applications and connects through wifi, which can be picked up at quite a few airfields. I use:
AeroWeather - excellent as already mentioned
Pilot Wizz - good for weight & balance etc. only need a connection for weather.
GeeMeter - measured + and -ve G, just out of curiosity.
Without the phone connection, I also use WiFinder to find the free open networks.
All the above are free apps.
AeroWeather - excellent as already mentioned
Pilot Wizz - good for weight & balance etc. only need a connection for weather.
GeeMeter - measured + and -ve G, just out of curiosity.
Without the phone connection, I also use WiFinder to find the free open networks.
All the above are free apps.
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Are all these applications only available from apple? I am looking at getting the HTC Touch phone with microsoft 6.1 but would perhaps be interested in some of these apps. Or are there others out there for non ieverything users?
Please can some one explain to me what an iPhone is? While they are at it what is an iPod?
Thks Planemike...........
Thks Planemike...........
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Planemike, im not sure whether you are being serious or not but having seen that you are 44 years older than me I can understand you not knowing about the i-everything revolution.
Originally it started out with the ipod. This is a portable music device in which you can copy music to in the form of mp3 (eg copy a cd onto the computer... or "record" )
Then they sold loads of these things, took over the market, kept bringing out new models and one day decided to put a phone in one. Its one of the new generation "smart phones" in which you can connect to the internet, send emails and get all of these applications as well as games and music etc.
It is extremly over priced and actually one of the worst "smart phones" around, however, they are very well known compared to the other brands, hence why just about everyone has one.
Originally it started out with the ipod. This is a portable music device in which you can copy music to in the form of mp3 (eg copy a cd onto the computer... or "record" )
Then they sold loads of these things, took over the market, kept bringing out new models and one day decided to put a phone in one. Its one of the new generation "smart phones" in which you can connect to the internet, send emails and get all of these applications as well as games and music etc.
It is extremly over priced and actually one of the worst "smart phones" around, however, they are very well known compared to the other brands, hence why just about everyone has one.
Hi Pilot Pieces..........
I am absolutely serious. You are right my age may have something to do with it !!!
I have little interest in much of this technology which just seems to be technology for its own sake. My other problem is that much of it is anything but user friendly and it is just too much trouble to bother learning how to use it.
I love things that just have an ON - OFF switch..........simple!!!
Planemike
I am absolutely serious. You are right my age may have something to do with it !!!
I have little interest in much of this technology which just seems to be technology for its own sake. My other problem is that much of it is anything but user friendly and it is just too much trouble to bother learning how to use it.
I love things that just have an ON - OFF switch..........simple!!!
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Are all these applications only available from apple? I am looking at getting the HTC Touch phone with microsoft 6.1 but would perhaps be interested in some of these apps. Or are there others out there for non ieverything users?
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But having started on Windows 3.1 and transited to 3.11, 95, xp and then Vista, I'm soooo glad I moved on to a Mac operating system (2 days and you never look back) than I d never go back to MS.
The Iphone means a lot of added creature comforts in a very user friendly package.
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The Iphone means a lot of added creature comforts in a very user friendly package.
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Shunter, how do you get 5 icons along the bottom line?
There are far more applications available for Microsoft Mobile 6.1 and WinCE than there is for iphone
The iTunes app store has fundamentally changed how people acquire applications. There were about 20,000 of them last time I checked, for almost every possible use.
I've had 2 Windoze Mobile phones in the past. I will NEVER EVER EVER have one again. Windows Mobile is ****e.