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Sportpilot

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The cross-country portion of my sport pilot training is around the corner. I'm looking for advice/suggestions on the best online flight planning software/website. I'd like to end up with "Trip-tic" like sectionals to fit a standard knee board. AeroPlanner/EAA ? (I am an EAA/AOPA member) Other options? Thanks!

Greg
 
aeroplanner works pretty well. i havent used it in a while but the aopa flight planner is fine too. either way your instructor is probably going to want to see the line drawn out on a sectional and make sure that you actually know the nuts and bolts behind the math that the flight planner is doing for you.
 
Golden Eagle for Duats. It is free, works better the the RTFP from AOPA and can be used offline or through a friewall. You can also purchase packages to add even more capability to it.
 
I LOVE AirNav. It tells you the Heading to where you are going from where you are going. Photos of the airport. Distance in NM. I used it to check my headings.
Vik
 
The cross-country portion of my sport pilot training is around the corner. I'm looking for advice/suggestions on the best online flight planning software/website. I'd like to end up with "Trip-tic" like sectionals to fit a standard knee board. AeroPlanner/EAA ? (I am an EAA/AOPA member) Other options? Thanks!

Greg

Aeroplanner has the TripTiks. Make sure you register as an EAA member and use the "EAA flight planner," and... buy a couple cases of printer ink.
 
I hope to hell you are doing this to augment the work you do with your charts.
 
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I recomend the DUATS planner to my students but only after they have learned to plot the chart and spin the winds. It's actually a good place for close to "one stop shopping" as far as flight planning. I tell them to use it as a crosscheck for their work.

Sport pilots have to be trained and proficient in pilotage since they are not required to demonstrate the use of electronic navaids. I don't teach them airway or GPS navigation unless they have mastered "Clock, Chart , Ground" first.

You should have fun on your cross country. After all, going places in airplanes is what flying is all about!!
 
Sport Pilot

I have been using Duats and Air Nav for flight planning. I have for many years always had the charts, clock, stop watch, plotter and wiz wheel since day one of flying. VFR I used both dead recogning and pilotage and it works just great and one gets a real nice view out the window.

Good luck and have a lot of fun.

John J
 
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