X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:13:07 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from qmta14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.27.212] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.8) with ESMTP id 4407341 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:53:28 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.27.212; envelope-from=j.hafen@comcast.net Received: from omta23.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.90]) by qmta14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id mdTT1e0081wfjNsAEfstqd; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:52:53 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.4] ([24.17.111.171]) by omta23.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id mfsr1e00X3hvfg88jfss8y; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:52:53 +0000 Subject: Re: [LML] Flight Guide iEFB for iPad Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-2--942822686 From: John Hafen In-Reply-To: X-Original-Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:52:51 -0700 X-Original-Message-Id: References: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) --Apple-Mail-2--942822686 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Over the weekend, I flew from Seattle to Fresno and back with an iPad on = my lap using ForeFlight HD version 3.6 and was very happy with the = results. Saved on the flash memory of my iPad is every VFR and IFR (high and low) = chart in the country, all Airport Facilities Directories, and all = approach plates and procedures for every airport in the US. The moving map functionality works as advertised. It is simple to zoom = in and out, and move the map as the little blue airplane (representing = your current position) moves along the magenta line. For me, it is = pretty handy to keep tabs on near by airports in the event of an = emergency divert (this in conjunction with the Chelton capability = provides enhanced situational awareness as there is more detail on the = moving VFR chart than the Cheltons). The latest version of ForeFlight has been enhanced with what they call = "Tap and Hold" functionality. You key in a flight plan -- say from = Seattle to Fresno, and ForeFlight draws a magenta line on your map (I = used the VFR sectionals). If you want to alter the route, you do the = Tap and Hold. You hold your finger on the magenta route line and it = turns blue. While it is blue, you can move it around the map -- like to = fly to the east over Reno to provide a 20 mile buffer between your = original flight path and a massive cumulo-bumpas-tear-your-wings-off = thunderstorm that has lightening bolts exploding out of the bottom, = visible in clear day light. =20 You can't get weather information on the iPad in flight. For that I = rely on my WSI subscription that beams thunderstorm information to the = Cheltons. You can, however, get radar and satellite and winds and etc., = on the ground before takeoff for one last comparison between what you = heard on your FAA briefing and what's really going on out there. Disclaimer -- I don't work for ForeFlight. I just got their product for = my iPhone a while back and now that it works on the iPad, I have found = it a pretty slick addition to my other avionics that I won't leave home = without. And I've turned off my Jeppeson approach plate subscription. Cheers, John Hafen IVP 413AJ 250 hours On Jul 23, 2010, at 6:18 AM, cfi@instructor.net wrote: > Just wanted to alert those that have an iPad that I've been using = Flight Guide iEFB for the past couple days and it's not worth buying = yet. After seeing the demo at SNF and all the features that were = promised, I thought it would probably be great since it was delayed in = being released for so long. Well, I was wrong. The only thing the app = does is display scanned maps and charts which is ok for some users, but = the problem I have is that my iPad won't synch properly when the program = is installed and a lot of maps are downloaded. When I remove the app = everything works fine. Foreflight HD is a far superior app. =20 >=20 > Ron --Apple-Mail-2--942822686 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

You can't get weather information on the = iPad in flight.  For that I rely on my WSI subscription that beams = thunderstorm information to the Cheltons.  You can, however, get = radar and satellite and winds and etc., on the ground before takeoff for = one last comparison between what you heard on your FAA briefing and = what's really going on out there.

Disclaimer -- = I don't work for ForeFlight.  I just got their product for my = iPhone a while back and now that it works on the iPad, I have found it a = pretty slick addition to my other avionics that I won't leave home = without.  And I've turned off my Jeppeson approach plate = subscription.

Cheers,

Jo= hn Hafen
IVP 413AJ 250 = hours


On Jul 23, 2010, at 6:18 AM, cfi@instructor.net = wrote:

Just wanted to alert those = that have an iPad that I've been using Flight Guide iEFB for the past = couple days and it's not worth buying yet.  After seeing the demo = at SNF and all the features that were promised, I thought it would = probably be great since it was delayed in being released for so = long.  Well, I was wrong.  The only thing the app does is = display scanned maps and charts which is ok for some users, but the = problem I have is that my iPad won't synch properly when the program is = installed and a lot of maps are downloaded.  When I remove the app = everything works fine.   Foreflight HD is a far superior = app. 

Ron

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