Foreflight 6.5 available
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TangoWhiskey
Touchdown! Greaser!
Already being discussed here: http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1618723#post1618723
azure
Final Approach
Yep, but that thread is about FF on the iPhone.
As I posted in another thread, I upgraded my iPad2 to FF 6.5 and found that it now crashes on startup. Also tried rebooting the tablet.
Details: iPad2, 32GB, iOS 7.1.1.
Already sent an email to ForeFlight.
As I posted in another thread, I upgraded my iPad2 to FF 6.5 and found that it now crashes on startup. Also tried rebooting the tablet.
Details: iPad2, 32GB, iOS 7.1.1.
Already sent an email to ForeFlight.
BillTIZ
Final Approach
The other thread said to upgrade to iOS 8.1.1
madtrader
Pre-takeoff checklist
I like the resolution update on my iPhone 6. Looking forward to using the NOTAM advisor too.
ChrisK
En-Route
Love the NOTAM advisor.
azure
Final Approach
The other thread that was pointed to by post #2 of this thread? Not true as far as I can tell. It only mentions performance improvements for iOS 8.1, not that upgrading was mandatory or even recommended. Once I get all of the new databases downloaded (continuing this morning, interrupted by a provider outage last night), I'll look in the new FF Pilot Guide to see if they say anything about the problem.
I am pretty pi$$ed off by the whole thing -- mainly at Apple, since now I have a useless AT&T sim card to boot (it worked as recently as yesterday, so I'm pretty certain the cause is some kind of iOS or iOS installer bug).
I had not seen this before, so I don't know if this is really that new. But I was just reviewing the Foreflight Blog and found that they now colorize the satellite image to give an indication of the height of the cloud tops. Check out their blog for more information and how to interpret. That feature is really cool.
unfortunately, it is hit or miss for me. It doesn't seem to pull up enough notams for me to be that confident in it. One example, at my home airport, EYE, it doesn't pull up that AIRPA is out of service, but if you check the airport notams, its right there. I don't know why it would miss that.
I saw that too. They kind of snuck that in there. I wonder if that is part of Scott D's new role.
ChrisK
En-Route
I pulled up a plate that had a NOTAM last night and it was not there. About 10 minutes later it was. I wonder if they are background indexing this stuff.
Could be. I anticipate that it will get more reliable over time. I am big fan of the Foreflight product. I just don't know how much I trust that specific feature right now.
JeffDG
Touchdown! Greaser!
Which one, I would like to see what it looks like but don't have a "For instance" plate to look at.
mjburian
Cleared for Takeoff
ILS or LOC RWY 10 at KUES has a NOTAM, if you're just looking for an example of the new functionality.
ChrisK
En-Route
I was using 5A1. Both procedures are NOTAMed NA because the SKY VOR is gone.
EppyGA
Touchdown! Greaser!
This may be of interest to some. May need an EAA membership to watch.
http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?v=3901582141001
http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?v=3901582141001
TangoWhiskey
Touchdown! Greaser!
I played with it a bit yesterday and had the same observation--plates where I expected to see NOTAMs didn't have them. I was on WiFi at home, so had a full-time connection.
It *seemed* to me that if I viewed the NOTAMS page / tab for the airport first, then the NOTAMS alert popped right away on the approach plate or airport diagram, but if I didn't, then it didn't.
I didn't try a file & brief, then disconnect, but from what I read on the blog, that would do it too (cache the NOTAMs for viewing/alerting).
I certainly need to play with it more to determine how/when it works (and more importantly, how/when it doesn't work).
TangoWhiskey
Touchdown! Greaser!
Works without an EAA membership (I have one, but wasn't logged in). That webinar would be so much better if HD viewing was an option (and if it is, I couldn't find it).
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JeffDG
Touchdown! Greaser!
Sorry to thread-topic-shift, but why the hell would they NA a GPS approach because a VOR is down?
You can still ID the holding fix with the GPS!
ChrisK
En-Route
I know right? I actually asked for the procedure in vmc knowing it was na for the very reason you state and was turned down.
RussR
En-Route
Incidentally, there is a new RNAV (GPS) RWY 28 due to be published at 5A1 on 12/11/14. A few modifications from the existing GPS procedure, it's now a simple straight-in design with two TAAs. Details here:
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/fli...&tab=coordination&nasrId=5A1#searchResultsTop
The old "VOR or GPS" and GPS procedures will be officially canceled on that date as well.
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/fli...&tab=coordination&nasrId=5A1#searchResultsTop
The old "VOR or GPS" and GPS procedures will be officially canceled on that date as well.
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mjburian
Cleared for Takeoff
It's not clear if you guys did this or not, but I think I remember reading that you have to Pack before the chart NOTAMs will show up properly. I've hit the Pack button after each planning session and always seem to have all NOTAMs available from the chart. (Though, I haven't used it all that thoroughly.)
ChrisK
En-Route
azure
Final Approach
Just reporting back that my sim card problem is solved. I remembered that I hadn't tried a forced reboot after the iOS install -- and it turned out that fixed it.
Whew*.
*There are no Apple Stores in VT. There is a local company that services Apple products, but they're "over the mountain" from me and I'd hate to try to get an appointment with them over the holidays.