Recent content by walterman

You might try the iFly GPS for iPad app. The hi-def charts are easier to read in sunlight. www.iflygps.com/seethedifference

Hey guys, Walter here from Adventure Pilot (I created the iFly GPS). I noticed this thread decided to respond to a few of the comments: Scrabo: "Why bother entering an already over crowned marketplace this late in the game" Jonesy "I just downloaded it and my initial reaction is it's...

Glad you all like the site. The data comes from Jeppesen, we get a feed every 5 minutes. I haven't yet been able to get any guarantees from them on data availability, but it seems very current. I've seen TFR's appear over chemical spills, forrest fires, and such before it hits the news. I...

Your welcome Jason - it was fun to build! Also, I was sick of trying to find TFR's through the FAA tool. -Walter

I finished a new website last week to check for TFRs along a flight path. I think it's very handy, please take a look and let me know what you think... www.tfrcheck.com. -Walter

Okay, some of you have been asking about how we handle events like fly-in's and such - I'm working on that feature right now. You can still load a fly-in through the Submit Destination dialog, but later this week you will be able to define dates or a recurring schedule for the event, and the...

Thanks for the nice words. Not only is this site free, it's very current, reviews are all dated, and there are lots of ways to search the data - category, location, proximity to airport, etc. We have a good amount of stuff loaded, as one member said we "reached that all-important critical...

So what about places like Denver? And commercial flights are often pressurized to 6000-8000 feet. And I've seen soda machines at those little diners on the tops of ski slopes. Do the soda companies have a speical low-pressure canning technique for high-altitude use? Wouldn't suprise me...

Thanks Anthony! I hope you login and start uploading your knowledge of APA. You will get attribution for the destinations you add, and the system will e-mail you when someone has more feedback on your destinations (unless you turn that off). It's a bunch of fun. -Walter

Anthony, There are not APA or BJC "sections". The site will return everything within a radius of an airport, or you can search for stuff along a flight route. You specifiy what you are interested in (restaurants, museums, etc), and how many miles you are willing to fly. In your example it...

A vacuum failure, ouch. I have a new vacuum pump in my Traveler, but because there is no backup I never fly IMC in that plane. And since the birth of my twin boys I've even cut way back on night flying in my single-engine plane. So, am I a bigger chicken than I need to be? Walter

That's about as close as you can get! Good thing your reaction wasn't a quarter second later. So, will you be giving this student another checkride anytime soon? Walter

Great choice on the Bose, you will be happy. I'm going to be ordering mine as soon as my wife releases the funds! Wow - too bad your having PayPal troubles. I've used them for years to buy stuff off e-bay without a hitch. Recently released a website and we use Paypal for some stuff on...

Now why wouldn't those folks fly their planes out of there? I guess we just don't have enough warning on those things. On second thought, considering how much time and money I've spent trying to keep my plane in flying condition, maybe I'll fly it into the next hurricane! :) Walter

Dave, This is a great story - thanks for sharing with the group. I once took a trip to Playa in my Grumman Traveler - we had to hug the coast, made for a long adventerous flight. It just wasn't enough plane to do a straight shot. Anyway, congrats on helping your family, you should be proud...