Is OzRunways or Foreflight a better EFB for recreational use and bush piloting?
(Which is the reason we added airspace overlays into AvPlan EFB many many years ago, so airspace on the WAC was correctly depicted)
Bevan
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Any minute now they'll reinvent paper VECs, which were updated with VTCs etc!
I confess to being a bit of a luddite, because I do carry WACs as back up on 'big' trips. Gizmos can and do malfunction. (Out of YNRM during a recent visit to the WGC, both iPads failed just after take-off due overheating. There was no need to revert to paper, as I know NSW pretty well and there was still my iPhone and Garmin watch, but it was a timely reminder.)
And, in any event, you have to know how to use the EFB apps properly. A punter recently lobbed into my local aerodrome and proceeded to remonstrate with the gliding fraternity operating there, about there being no notice of their operations on the punter's EFB. There was and remains a published NOTAM of the gliding operations at the aerodrome, which NOTAM appears against the aerodrome on my EFB. I therefore strongly suspect finger trouble on the part of the punter, rather than a problem with his EFB.
(I continue to love AvPlan. However, for that reason I have not tried OzRunways. I know lots of pilots who continue to love OzR. We're very lucky to have the choice and the competition.)
I confess to being a bit of a luddite, because I do carry WACs as back up on 'big' trips. Gizmos can and do malfunction. (Out of YNRM during a recent visit to the WGC, both iPads failed just after take-off due overheating. There was no need to revert to paper, as I know NSW pretty well and there was still my iPhone and Garmin watch, but it was a timely reminder.)
And, in any event, you have to know how to use the EFB apps properly. A punter recently lobbed into my local aerodrome and proceeded to remonstrate with the gliding fraternity operating there, about there being no notice of their operations on the punter's EFB. There was and remains a published NOTAM of the gliding operations at the aerodrome, which NOTAM appears against the aerodrome on my EFB. I therefore strongly suspect finger trouble on the part of the punter, rather than a problem with his EFB.
(I continue to love AvPlan. However, for that reason I have not tried OzRunways. I know lots of pilots who continue to love OzR. We're very lucky to have the choice and the competition.)
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Yes, we certainly are spoilt for choice over here, but full marks must go to Bevan and his team for putting together an EFB that really is capable of taking on the world.
Is OzRunways still refusing to share the traffic data with AvPlan?
I understand there is an alternative app, a 3rd party application which connects to both, but it would be better if two companies could get together and improve safety for both of their customers.
I understand there is an alternative app, a 3rd party application which connects to both, but it would be better if two companies could get together and improve safety for both of their customers.
It displays ADSB traffic from whatever public source FlightAware also uses. It doesn't seem to have quite the same depth of coverage as FlightRadar would (due to fewer ground stations) but it is still a very useful tool to aid in traffic awareness.
It is called AvTraffic.
If you’re using a SkyEcho and OzRunways; the OZRuwnays 4G traffic shows in a light blue bubble and the ADSB-IN shows as dark blue.
