RESPONSE: 'In the future we hope to have additional means in accessing this information.' For example, BC has 49 pages of approaches that you have to scroll through one by one to find a particular airport. They are available for download into a separate 'binder' section, but they are not searchable. Here is my description and Fltplan's official response: I found five bugs very quickly, one of which is fatal. The executive summary of my short evaluation: Fltplan Go is not ready for prime time. I downloaded the Fltplan Go app from the Apple store and spent a day getting familiar with the basic operation, including a cross-country flight. So when announced their Go app with FREE Canadian charts and publications, I was cautiously optimistic. IFR pilots face much more onerous costs, to be sure, but that's another topic. Put another way, this is more than the engine depreciation cost! Something is fundamentally wrong. For one of my VFR aircraft, this is about $10 per operating hour. Unfortunately, a $175 per year subscription for Foreflight, plus a similar fee for Pocket FMS on my SkyView plus a Jeppesen update fee for my Aera puts my total annual cost north of $400 for databases. Recently, Foreflight brought complete mapping/publication data to their slick 'gold standard' App. Preamble: Canada has been terribly underserved by the lack of availability of digital charts and publications due to the inaction of Nav Canada. Hardware: iPad Mini, iOS 7.1.1, cellular, 32GĪpp: Fltplan Go version 2.5.4, May 8, 2014 A VFR pilot might be happy with a lot less than an IFR Pilot.This is a first look review of the Fltpan Go app for the iPad. And the functionality you require depends on mission. To the extent functionality is similar, it’s really all about user interface. WingX Pro, which is one of the original iOS EFBs, could be a great one, but it’s long promised Android version is really jus crippleware with very limited functionality. I could never get into Naviator or the free open/crowd sourced Avare. A lot of speculation whether it will remain an independent and free product offering in Garmin’s hands. A bit cludgy to some and it was subject to a lot of crashing in its early days, but has gotten much better. Same for FltPlan Go! It is a free offering from a reputable group in the corporate aviation market, which was recently purchased by Garmin. It’s development has always trailed behind its iOS version, but if you like the Garmin interface, you will like this one too. Hard to tell whether it will last long term.īy all means look at Garmin Pilot. I wish I could recommend it more heartily, but although the developer is responsive, development has always been very sporadic. Good interface and a very dedicated group of users.ĪvNavEFB is my favorite from an interface perspective. It was the first Android EFB, so it has longevity. I thinkit’s because it runs identically on all 4 platforms, so it sits “on top” of the operating system rather than being fully integrated.ĭroidEFB also warrants a very close look. It is my primary backup EFB and I do some flights with it as primary. The app runs with identical features and interface on Android, iOS, Windows, and its own dedicated hardware it used to compete directly with the early Garmin handhelds. It’s rock solid and its roots go back to before either iOS or Android. My top pick in the Android category is iFly GPS. But I am a bit of an EFB geek and have about a dozen, roughly half Android. I haven’t seen any good comparison articles.
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