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By Ben Sclair · ·
Airguide Publications, the publisher of Flight Guide airport guides and the iEFB tablet app, has ceased operations.
Customers with an iEFB subscription were left to wonder about the updates they were owned after the app was pulled from Apple’s App Store.
By General Aviation News Staff · ·
iFlightPlanner has released iFlightPlanner for iPad v2.0, an upgrade to its iPad-based flight planning solution presented by Sennheiser. In addition to enhancements to the pilot experience throughout the app, iFlightPlanner for iPad now parallels the flight planning functionality found on iFlightPlanner.com, according to company officials. New features include: Intuitive route planning with FAA auto-routing, SIDs […]
By Ben Sclair · ·
FltPlan now offers Velocity Weather by Baron. The enhanced features include United States and Canadian radar, visible and Infrared (IR) Satellite, Surface Analysis and Echo Tops. FltPlan’s new weather data can be accessed on all devices including desktops, laptops, tablets and phones as well as the FltPlan Go apps. “Previously, we used weather provided by […]
By General Aviation News Staff · ·
FltPlan.com has officially released its new free iPad app, FltPlan Go. The app adds many features for users of FltPlan.com, according to company officials. The legacy FltPlan app was originally created four years ago to provide pilots with airport information and approach charts. As pilots’ in-flight needs grew, the legacy app continued to add more […]
By General Aviation News Staff · ·
WSI Corporation reports that its WSI Fusion Operations Management platform now supports flight tracking for Honeywell GDC Datalink customers. Using the Honeywell position reports, WSI Fusion is enabled with global contiguous flight tracking and monitoring of Honeywell datalink equipped aircraft. WSI Fusion is an operations management solution that fuses public and proprietary weather information, airspace […]
By General Aviation News Staff · ·
ANDOVER, Mass. — WSI Corporation has introduced its WSI Business Aviation Solution, with tools that combine weather information, airspace constraints, flight information and operational data into a clear picture to enhance operational decision making, according to company officials. It includes: WSI Pilotbrief, enabling pilots to optimize flight plans with global weather WSI Fusion, empowering schedulers […]
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Adventure Pilot, manufacturer and developer of portable navigation software for pilots, has introduced High-Definition VFR and IFR Charts on the company’s iPad and Android products. Annual subscriptions start at $69.99; a fully loaded IFR option is available for $40 more. iFly GPS for Android releases next month. A free 30-day trial is available on the […]
By General Aviation News Staff · ·
FltPlan.com has been approved for submitting Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) manifests to comply with the Mexican government’s new regulations for individuals entering and exiting the country. “FltPlan has had a successful APIS system in place for over five years,” said Ken Wilson, president of FltPlan. “We were the first organization to be certified by […]
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FltPlan has introduced a free checklist program integrated with a pilot’s flight planning account. The program makes completing the checklist easier, ensuring that no step is accidentally missed, according to company officials. It also enables pilots to quickly transfer a checklist to other tail numbers, share it with other pilots, and print the checklist with […]