New Version Now Available For Download From The App Store

The latest update of ForeFlight Mobile ... version 6.4 ... introduces taxi and take-off, climb, cruise, and descent performance data fields for aircraft profiles. The app allows users to add these details to their aircraft profile for a more accurate fuel burn and time en route estimate (ETE) for the planned route.

During flight planning in the Maps view, use the Altitude Advisor to generate a current winds aloft forecast. The winds aloft forecast is intelligently integrated into the flight performance calculation, adjusting for things like more time in climb the higher your planned altitude and the winds at different altitudes during your climb and descent. These calculations result in a more precise fuel burn and time enroute estimate, especially for aircraft that spend more time in the climb phase to reach a higher cruise altitude.

The Altitude Advisor also uses aircraft performance data to make assumptions about how much time it will take an aircraft to climb to the selected cruise altitude before it needs to descend to the destination. The winds aloft entries are shown as dashes for altitudes above this point and no-wind performance data will be displayed in the NavLog.

Taxi and take-off fuel use is reported in the total fuel used for the trip. In the NavLog, the leg data will only include data for that leg, but the totals column will include the taxi and take-off fuel burn.

This latest version also brings aircraft profiles and flight plans into the cloud-based Sync feature. Sync affords users more flexibility to move between devices during the flight planning and filing process. Activity syncs, meaning each device is ready to pick up where the previous device left off. Each edit to the flight plan form or change to flight plan status is reflected on each device when it connects to the Internet. The text weather Brief associated with a flight plan also syncs.

There is also no need to manually duplicate aircraft profile information. Profiles built once on any device signed in to your ForeFlight account allows Sync does the rest. The performance planning information you just added to your new or existing aircraft profile will also automatically sync across your devices.

In addition, World Aeronautical Charts (WACs) covering Continental US, Alaska, northern Mexico, and the northern Caribbean are now available as an overlay in the Maps view. Customers with both USA and Canada subscriptions can simultaneously display the World Aeronautical and Canada VNC map layers for a complete VFR chart view covering all of the USA and Canada.

Finally, ForeFlight Mobile 6.4 delivers firmware update version 1.6 to the Stratus 2 and unlocks the receiver’s flight data recorder making Stratus 2 the only available ADS-B receiver that has this capability.

Flight recording is a great tool for flight instructors and new pilots to visually debrief each flight. Students can see progress over time as they practice maneuvers and instructors can reinforce the effects of wind on performing those maneuvers. In addition, there is always have a record of your flights to help with filling out your logbook.

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