Flight Planner for Mac...
 

...I see there is no Command Flight Planner for Mac.

Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations (other than "buy a P.C, you Mactard")?

Cheers,

GWaS

WACs
Protractor
Ruler
E6B

Helpful fellow aren't you.

(As a temporary "instead of buying a PC you mactard" :} solution you could use bootcamp or an emulation program [VMware fusion] with Windows and then run the program) Its not ideal but it will do the trick. (Also you can make the program appear as a normal mac program on the menu bar via a "Unity" setting within VMware)


(And lastly there are ways and means of using programs I believe such as "Crossover" to make windows programs work on a mac without buying or running windows..... i don't know how easy it is or if it is worth the effort)

Most companies I worked for used Champagne (flight planner 3000). IMO it beats Command hands down, and you can download a trial version on their website to see if it will run on a mac.

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I could never justify the cost of purchasing such software, and after my CPL flight test never had to do a manual flight plan again.

Perhaps a suggestion is to manually flight plan for your big trip for a bit of practice and use the NAIPS app for iphone/ipad to submit your plans.

use software called Parallels, then install XP on your mac. or partition the HD with Bootcamp and install windoze on the new partition.

Mac Flight Planner
 

I used to use this shareware program a few years back and never experienced any computer problems: Download Mac Flight Planner for Macintosh. It has a world wide database included but the problem I seem to recall was one of maintaining the currency of the database. Seemed to me at the time to put a lot of onus on the pilot to ensure currency but they may have fixed this up.

girl with a stick: check your PMs

Don't use it for flight planning but use parallels with windows 7 on my imac for business software, works perfectly. Best of both worlds:ok:

so am i, "cough" serial box+Iserial reader" cough

I kind of made the same suggestion, but someone said I wasn't being helpful.

You weren't. :ok:

Its OK Pete, I'M WITH U!!! :D:D

Ifnya goin' ta do a FUN TRIP - then ya might as well make it a 'FUN TRIP'!!!

Hi Girlie, have to say it here....just have to agree with that man!! :D:D:D

C H E E R S .....:p

Gentlemen,

Before we start a squabble, I just want to say that it's my intention to use BOTH. The flight planning program is for the initial planning, so I don't have to hire warehouse space to spread out the WACS.

Then, as a pre-CPL, all the planning will be done on maps, with pencils, rulers, protractors and whizz-wheels.

I've been taught to "use whatever's available" - google earth, Command Flight Planner, Co-pilot on the iphone, in addition to the paper, watch and compass, but not instead of :ok:

:)
GWaS

Well you could have been available at Darling harbour last Thursday and used mine :}

Most newer macs will run XP as well.......

Give me a call when you get a minute!