Fltplan Go

rframe said:
Screw Foreflight, on Android you can take your pick of:

Garmin Pilot
Avilution
Naviator
FltPlan.com
and others..

They pretty much all do the same things, all charts, optional geo-referenced plates and taxi, etc, duats, etc... just a matter of personal preferences in layout and flow
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Ya, I was hoping the new flightplan.com app, Flightplan Go, was going to be available for android.
Again though, this is more about actually using it to navigate VFR as a GPS device than anything else.
 
z987k said:
Well the thing is, if it can't accomplish what I want it to while flying and I still need a standalone gps, I'm not going to buy it. The purpose is for flight, anything else is just extra.
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Yeah, I said that too when I bought my first iPad. Just for flight.

My, how quickly that changes once you actually have a good tablet ;)
 
MidlifeFlyer said:
Yeah, I said that too when I bought my first iPad. Just for flight.

My, how quickly that changes once you actually have a good tablet ;)
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This!

I used an Android tablet for a few years, and it got the job done, but I'd say that my iPad Mini is hands down a better device, with better apps, and better operation.

Do I prefer Android from an academic perspective? Yes, of course. Does iOS run better for the average user? I'd say so. I figured I'd use my iPad Mini the same way I used my Android tablet; as an e-reader, and for bar prep (which is the reason I got the iPad Mini). Now it's nearly the only device I use.
 
I'm not an Apple fanatic, and you'll never see me outside an Apple store waiting for whatever the next widget is. That said...in an airplane, I need a simple, easy-to-use device that has a wide range of apps and functions. That's what an iPad essentially is.

@z987k, notice that nobody said "eh...save a few hundred bucks and get a portable GPS unit." I think those things are out now as fast as they were in. You can get good enough performance with a blue tooth GPS puck and an iPad to accomplish what you need done in the airplane. Then, you'll find ways for it to improve your non-flying time...
 
z987k said:
Ya, I was hoping the new flightplan.com app, Flightplan Go, was going to be available for android.
Again though, this is more about actually using it to navigate VFR as a GPS device than anything else.
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Ok take this however you may

Here at AA every single one of our pilots has an ipad. it really makes dealing with all the charts/etc THAT much easier. I had never touched an ipad before the interview flight and to be completely honest by the first hour of flying with it I was in love. Seriously.

EDIT: Let me remind you that AA does NOT pay for the ipad. that's how much it makes our job easier

And when I'm not flying my ipad is my entertainment center. netflix, internet, facetime, whatever you need really. I hardly ever bust out my laptop now except for the PDR because it's much easier to do that with a keyboard and I don't have a keyboard for my ipad

and for the guy who mentioned android and its alternative methods, you must either be extremely anti apple, or you've never used foreflight.

I love android. I have a nexus 4, had an s2 before, an s1 before that so let me be clear. I LOVE android. I absolutely would NEVER again own an iphone. I think they're great and don't fault people for liking them, but to me android is superior. with that said, I would NOT replace my ipad with a nexus tablet for flying. I've tried to fly with the android apps and let me be completely honest, foreflight blows ANYTHING else out of the water. even wingx and garmin pilot.

Once you get used to foreflight and all it can do for you, you'll wonder why in the world you flew without it before. (I certainly don't miss paper charts, afds and plates.) that plus GPS (I have a 4g one so builtin GPS) and I always know exactly where I am. I've circumnavigated many bravo shelves with it and it's amazing. plus with the obstacles feature and the hazard advisory, it overlays, in color, terrain and obstructions the same way a G1000 does. 1000-100 feet below you, Yellow, 100 feet below you to above you RED.


It's absolutely fantastic for flying IMC

Here's what it looks like http://www.foreflight.com/ipad/whatsnew/5.0
 
elmetal said:
Ok take this however you may

Here at AA every single one of our pilots has an ipad. it really makes dealing with all the charts/etc THAT much easier. I had never touched an ipad before the interview flight and to be completely honest by the first hour of flying with it I was in love. Seriously.

EDIT: Let me remind you that AA does NOT pay for the ipad. that's how much it makes our job easier

And when I'm not flying my ipad is my entertainment center. netflix, internet, facetime, whatever you need really. I hardly ever bust out my laptop now except for the PDR because it's much easier to do that with a keyboard and I don't have a keyboard for my ipad

and for the guy who mentioned android and its alternative methods, you must either be extremely anti apple, or you've never used foreflight.

I love android. I have a nexus 4, had an s2 before, an s1 before that so let me be clear. I LOVE android. I absolutely would NEVER again own an iphone. I think they're great and don't fault people for liking them, but to me android is superior. with that said, I would NOT replace my ipad with a nexus tablet for flying. I've tried to fly with the android apps and let me be completely honest, foreflight blows ANYTHING else out of the water. even wingx and garmin pilot.

Once you get used to foreflight and all it can do for you, you'll wonder why in the world you flew without it before. (I certainly don't miss paper charts, afds and plates.) that plus GPS (I have a 4g one so builtin GPS) and I always know exactly where I am. I've circumnavigated many bravo shelves with it and it's amazing. plus with the obstacles feature and the hazard advisory, it overlays, in color, terrain and obstructions the same way a G1000 does. 1000-100 feet below you, Yellow, 100 feet below you to above you RED.


It's absolutely fantastic for flying IMC

Here's what it looks like http://www.foreflight.com/ipad/whatsnew/5.0
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Everything he said...
 
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