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 Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 4:34 am Post subject: New Smartphone Apps for Pilots |
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Greetings fellow Aviators!
As a long time, intermittent contributor to this forum, I thought this might be of interest:
It has been quite a while since we started writing pilot apps for Apple smartphones and iPads.
Our family of apps for aviation has grown into 11 very handy and unique tools for people who fly
(or dream about it!). Here's a brief list of the Apps with links to the App Store for more information
and a sampling of screen shots to see the apps in action.
The latest App is Runway Finder. This app was suggested by a buddy, a retired Delta Captain who owns a Citabria.
He does a lot of cross country flying and complained that it was hard to find a grass strip to use away from home base.
This App maps out airports by runway surface and type (Turf, Paved, Gravel, Water, Glider, and Heliport).
Runway Finder has a built-in list of over 50,000 runways/airports world wide. It is available on the Apple App store at:
https://apps.apple.com/app/airport-runway-finder/id1471923024
Plane Registry. A FREE app to lookup US-Registered aircraft from the live FAA database.
https://apps.apple.com/app/airport-runway-finder/id1471923024
Local METARS. A very handy weather app for local conditions. Just open the App and it will display
the current METAR conditions at the closest reporting station. You get the option to look out up to
100 miles and sort by bearing from your location. No more scrolling and endless clicking to get the
Wx you need for local flying. This app works with world wide reporting stations.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/local-metars/id1150644548
We also have a stand-alone version of Local METARS for the Apple Watch
https://apps.apple.com/app/local-metars-for-watch/id1447757207
Civil Twilight Calculator. CTC is a self-contained sunrise/sunset calculator for use anywhere.
No calling home to the Naval Observatory! It doesn’t need internet access at all. Use it in
flight! It can tell you accurately when Civil Twilight occurs where you are, or at an airport
around the world, on any day ± 50 years. If you do have internet, you can give it a street
address and see the calculated times.
https://apps.apple.com/app/civil-twilight-calculator/id1163850946
We also have a stand-alone version for Apple Watch:
https://apps.apple.com/app/civil-twilight-for-watch/id1448137376
Aviation Altimeter (aka avAltimeter). Not a GPS altimeter like most on the App Store, but a True
and Accurate barometric altimeter using the built-in sensors in iPhones after iPhone 6, or iPads
after the Mini-4. Has a Kollsman adjustment for ATC or METARs reports. Looks and feels just like
the steam gauge in your panel, but with Smart features: Density Altitude, Oxygen Warning timer,
and estimated aircraft Performance, auto-set at airport, etc.
https://apps.apple.com/app/avaltimeter/id1120306812
The stand-alone version for the Apple Watch:
https://apps.apple.com/app/aviation-altimeter-for-watch/id1434085253
VOR Navigator. Truly unique! A fully functional VOR and HSI navigator (using GPS, not VHF). Includes
all current VOR and NDB transmitting stations plus a number of recently decommissioned ones. Also
includes DME and ADF modes. The App will also home to all Large and Medium (Commercial) airports.
Check out the “Add Lightning” mode for the ADF for a true vintage experience! This is a single hybrid
App, which works on both iOS devices and the Apple Watch, each independently from the other.
https://apps.apple.com/app/vor-navigator/id1451733763
Crosswinds Live. Another very unique and handy App. Crosswinds Live contains the runway diagrams for
all registered airports world wide and will draw the current wind across the runways. The wind information
comes from the METAR station closest to the airport. Also computes the headwind & crosswind components
for flight planning.
https://apps.apple.com/app/crosswinds-live/id1240254020
Sun Compass. Compass broken? Lost on a hike? If you can see the Sun or the Moon, this app for Apple Watch
can help you out. The Watch does not have a compass built in, but, using the GPS and some fancy astronomy
calculations, this App will point to North, and show you your direction of travel. For Watch only (iOS has builtin
magnetic compass hardware)
https://apps.apple.com/app/sun-compass-for-watch/id1448262474
Safe Flying!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:21 am Post subject: New Smartphone Apps for Pilots |
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Bingo!
On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:10 AM Dick Tasker <dick(at)thetaskerfamily.com (dick(at)thetaskerfamily.com)> wrote:
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Some of these sound useful to me. When are you going to port them to Android?
rampil wrote:
> --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "rampil" <ira.rampil(at)gmail.com (ira.rampil(at)gmail.com)>
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> Greetings fellow Aviators!
>
> As a long time, intermittent contributor to this forum, I thought this might be of interest:
>
> It has been quite a while since we started writing pilot apps for Apple smartphones and iPads.
> Our family of apps for aviation has grown into 11 very handy and unique tools for people who fly
> (or dream about it!). Here's a brief list of the Apps with links to the App Store for more information
> and a sampling of screen shots to see the apps in action.
>
> The latest App is Runway Finder. This app was suggested by a buddy, a retired Delta Captain who owns a Citabria.
> He does a lot of cross country flying and complained that it was hard to find a grass strip to use away from home base.
> This App maps out airports by runway surface and type (Turf, Paved, Gravel, Water, Glider, and Heliport).
> Runway Finder has a built-in list of over 50,000 runways/airports world wide. It is available on the Apple App store at:
> https://apps.apple.com/app/airport-runway-finder/id1471923024
>
>
> Plane Registry. A FREE app to lookup US-Registered aircraft from the live FAA database.
> https://apps.apple.com/app/airport-runway-finder/id1471923024
>
>
> Local METARS. A very handy weather app for local conditions. Just open the App and it will display
> the current METAR conditions at the closest reporting station. You get the option to look out up to
> 100 miles and sort by bearing from your location. No more scrolling and endless clicking to get the
> Wx you need for local flying. This app works with world wide reporting stations.
> https://apps.apple.com/us/app/local-metars/id1150644548
>
> We also have a stand-alone version of Local METARS for the Apple Watch
> https://apps.apple.com/app/local-metars-for-watch/id1447757207
>
>
>
> Civil Twilight Calculator. CTC is a self-contained sunrise/sunset calculator for use anywhere.
> No calling home to the Naval Observatory! It doesn’t need internet access at all. Use it in
> flight! It can tell you accurately when Civil Twilight occurs where you are, or at an airport
> around the world, on any day ± 50 years. If you do have internet, you can give it a street
> address and see the calculated times.
> https://apps.apple.com/app/civil-twilight-calculator/id1163850946
>
> We also have a stand-alone version for Apple Watch:
> https://apps.apple.com/app/civil-twilight-for-watch/id1448137376
>
>
> Aviation Altimeter (aka avAltimeter). Not a GPS altimeter like most on the App Store, but a True
> and Accurate barometric altimeter using the built-in sensors in iPhones after iPhone 6, or iPads
> after the Mini-4. Has a Kollsman adjustment for ATC or METARs reports. Looks and feels just like
> the steam gauge in your panel, but with Smart features: Density Altitude, Oxygen Warning timer,
> and estimated aircraft Performance, auto-set at airport, etc.
> https://apps.apple.com/app/avaltimeter/id1120306812
>
> The stand-alone version for the Apple Watch:
> https://apps.apple.com/app/aviation-altimeter-for-watch/id1434085253
>
>
> VOR Navigator. Truly unique! A fully functional VOR and HSI navigator (using GPS, not VHF). Includes
> all current VOR and NDB transmitting stations plus a number of recently decommissioned ones. Also
> includes DME and ADF modes. The App will also home to all Large and Medium (Commercial) airports.
> Check out the “Add Lightning†mode for the ADF for a true vintage experience! This is a single hybrid
> App, which works on both iOS devices and the Apple Watch, each independently from the other.
> https://apps.apple.com/app/vor-navigator/id1451733763
>
>
> Crosswinds Live. Another very unique and handy App. Crosswinds Live contains the runway diagrams for
> all registered airports world wide and will draw the current wind across the runways. The wind information
> comes from the METAR station closest to the airport. Also computes the headwind & crosswind components
> for flight planning.
> https://apps.apple.com/app/crosswinds-live/id1240254020
>
>
> Sun Compass. Compass broken? Lost on a hike? If you can see the Sun or the Moon, this app for Apple Watch
> can help you out. The Watch does not have a compass built in, but, using the GPS and some fancy astronomy
> calculations, this App will point to North, and show you your direction of travel. For Watch only (iOS has builtin
> magnetic compass hardware)
> https://apps.apple.com/app/sun-compass-for-watch/id1448262474
>
> Safe Flying!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:16 am Post subject: Re: New Smartphone Apps for Pilots |
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Hi Guys,
At the moment, all the Aviametrix Apps are iOS or Apple Watch.
I am well aware of the size of the Android market.
There are three reasons:
First, the Google Play store is infested with Patent trolls who extort
Developers with frivolous lawsuits. This why you don’t see XPlane
Or ForeFlight on Android.
Second, in the Android world there is a huge variety of hardware and
Sensors to support, and a lot of hardware would not have what is needed.
Third, we are a small development shop, concentrated on producing fine-
tuned, quality apps. Splitting effort for mastery of a new programming
Language, new operating system and UI interface, and new dev tools,
would significantly reduce our ability to produce excellent products.
Even cross-platform tools like Xamarin are no quick snap to master.
Things may change in the future. If so, we will make it known.
Fly safe! Enjoy AirVenture!
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