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jakee.stoltz

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Sep 17, 2010
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As a pilot, the iPod Touch is pretty handy when it comes to getting weather, filing flight plans, getting an airport diagram, etc..

Me personally, I use Aeroweather and AirWX for weather related info and AOPA Airports for an AFD. I've used ForeFlight for the trial period but can't bring myself to pay for a subscription, although it is a great app.

Any other pilots in here? If so, what kinds of apps are you using?
 
Just maek sure you turn off all electronic devices during take-off and landing. :rolleyes:
 
I use Foreflight for flight planning, AFD and weather. The $75 annual subscription is easily worth it. The same license also works on the iPad which has "drag & drop" flight planning and makes a great approach plate viewer.

I also use CoPilot for weight & balance and basic E6B functions.
 
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I am a comercial pilot an fly Citations, Gulfstreams etc.

I use:
Aero Weather
Foreflight
Fltplan.com web site
FAR/AIM
 
i find flight control extremely useful for prepping me for my long distance flights.. jk.. sorry. just.. had to.. add something to this. pilots are awesome
 
Aeroweather +1. Excellent
Touchplan is good for quick "back of serviette" calculations to see whether a route is feasible
Time Calc - no more snotty emails from Tech Records criticising my arithmetic...
Log Ten - Great Logbook calculator
Mental Case - Great study app when combined with the mac version to make quizzes for your aircraft type / ops manual bits.
World View - Great to see what the weather is doing at your destination via webcams there. Add your regular places into favourites and updates them automatically.

And what I am still looking for...

Is an app that I can put in a load of (bush) airport locations that don't have ICAO codes into favourites and when finished scroll to find two I want then it will tell me the GC distance. If for long routes, it could also look up the average wind (like touchplan) that would be a bonus. Any ideas / developers?
 
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