VFR Flight planning software
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VFR Flight planning software
I'm planning a bit of a touring adventure through Europe and wondered if anyone out there had any recommendations of VFR flight planning software. Ideally something robust and reliable that can download met data from an internet source. I've seen Jeppesen's Flitestar VFR Europe advertised but not as yet read a review of it.
Any advice anyone?
Any advice anyone?
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From: Saraksh
maybe great free software PocketFMS, and wenn you donate over 50 Euros, You'll get great charts, almost like Jeppesen
http://www.pocketfms.com
http://www.pocketfms.com
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I like NavBox ProPlan.
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Navbox Pro for me, for VFR.
Flitestar IFR, for IFR/airways. Has specific features for IFR like semi-intelligent (I almost said "intelligent" but it crashes too much) airways handling - put in the airway sequence and it generates the route and a plog with all the waypoints.
Flitestar is not a nice piece of software. It crashes regularly, in fact every time with certain routes loaded, and for VFR it offers little that Navbox doesn't offer. I suppose Flitestar VFR is good if you buy the VFR raster charts; then you can print off enroute sections which is quite slick - for long range European touring. But for the UK, VFR, I would use Navbox every time.
Flitestar IFR, for IFR/airways. Has specific features for IFR like semi-intelligent (I almost said "intelligent" but it crashes too much) airways handling - put in the airway sequence and it generates the route and a plog with all the waypoints.
Flitestar is not a nice piece of software. It crashes regularly, in fact every time with certain routes loaded, and for VFR it offers little that Navbox doesn't offer. I suppose Flitestar VFR is good if you buy the VFR raster charts; then you can print off enroute sections which is quite slick - for long range European touring. But for the UK, VFR, I would use Navbox every time.
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Originally Posted by Staple
... Ideally something robust and reliable that can download met data from an internet source.
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Whatever happened to the hardware approach
Map Protractor Ruler and Pencil?
21st century now. Far quicker and more reliable.
One still has to use the chart for terrain (MSA) and CAS reference; no electronic solution for that as yet, for VFR.
Map Protractor Ruler and Pencil?
21st century now. Far quicker and more reliable.
One still has to use the chart for terrain (MSA) and CAS reference; no electronic solution for that as yet, for VFR.
Last edited by IO540; 23rd August 2006 at 11:02.
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Get with it Whopity!
Whatever happened to the hardware approach
Map Protractor Ruler and Pencil?
Do you still practice long division and multiplication Whopity? No i didnt think so
It is good to know HOW to do these things manualy, but in the real world we use TOOLS to make life easier!
Map Protractor Ruler and Pencil?
Do you still practice long division and multiplication Whopity? No i didnt think so
It is good to know HOW to do these things manualy, but in the real world we use TOOLS to make life easier!
