Garmin Pilot 5.1 Released

[LDJones]

This is the iPad version. It includes:

-- Terrain and Obstacle data found in Garmin Avionics for pop-up alerts.
-- ATC preferred routes available....select Routes from File and Brief view
-- STAR/SID can be automatically added to active flight plan
-- Much improved download engine...faster, more concurrent, more robust
-- SafeTaxi available from Airport menu

There are a number of other little tweaks and improvements. They've also revised their subscription plans a bit, bringing them more in line with competitive offerings. I think it's a worthwhile upgrade.

 

[LDJones]

I had eight updates, about 249MB of data, which it downloaded in a couple of minutes. I saw six concurrent downloads at one time. Seems as fast or slightly faster than what I've been used to with ForeFlight, which was one of my aggravations with GP.

 

[Marauder]

About time on the ATC routing! Been using that for quite a while of ForeFlight. I did not look closely at the pricing at the bottom of the splash page. Prices the same?

 

[LDJones]

About time on the ATC routing! Been using that for quite a while of ForeFlight. I did not look closely at the pricing at the bottom of the splash page. Prices the same?

I didn't study them closely, but it looks like they've done a better job of bundling the SafeTaxi, which I always thought was overpriced separately.

 

[CT4ME]

Dang... tell me if I'm wrong, but it looks like they did what FF did... announced "terrain and obstacles"... but make you get a premium (+$49) subscription to use the feature. This really distinguishes WingX- you get terrain and obstacles as part of the normal sub.