Aviation software & Palm Pilots
 

Gday all, was wondering if anyone uses a palm pilot for keeping all their aviation notes handy, and if so what programs do you use (good points/bad points).

Also looking for other handy aviation programs - so far i have seen a couple of E6B style computers, and some "nav" programs.

And lastly - i am looking for some .pdf readers (for palm) - some of works manuals are online and can be downloaded in .pdf format - unfortunately adobe's acrobat for palmOS seems to have a problem if the files are encrypted - and consequently wont load them/convert on to the palm. (although they are perfectly viewable on a normal desktop)


thanks for any info

BTW i am using a palm with palm oS4.0 :D

Try:
www.google.com/advanced_search

and type in "palm aviation software" without the quotes.

Heaps of responses.

SB

thanks did a search with that found some interesting links - i was still hoping for a few comments and ideas from people who might use them in their day to day flying .....

I'm an expereinced Palm user and a registered, though now inactive, Palm developer. Most of my life organisation is in that handheld, but I am very aware of it's limitations, too.

After sampling a lot of aviation programs, I'm forced to admit that doing that sort of stuff on your palm is a bit like so many other things we try to do on computers, easier the old fashioned way.

There is really only one program I use for my aviation needs - some kind of good database software. Just put together exactly what you need. I use HanDBase, there are others, that's just personal preference. For example, I sampled a lot of logbook programs, none were quite right, then wrote one of my own, and it was too slow. So I took half an hour to put it together on HanDBase, and am using still. Drop down lists are a snap to create, get it write and you'll use minimum Graffitti. Synchronises to a desktop version, which is like an easier to use Access. Main limitation is very limited math.

I also use this software for a very comprehensive index to regulatory and operational documentation, and to replace my "good stuff" notebook, as well as a multitude of other non aviation databases.

Cost per use, and ease of use, make it hard to beat.

Not to say there isn't other great stuff out there, but since I went down this road, I haven't bothered to look much any more.....

Cheers