SkyDemon Provides VFR Flight Planning And In-Flight Navigation

Avidyne has announced that Europe’s SkyDemon Flight Planning Software is now compatible with the IFD Series of FMS/GPS/NAV/COMs.

“Integrated wireless connectivity provides a powerful conduit for adding functionality and expanding the capabilities and utility of our IFD products, and SkyDemon is yet another example,” said Avidyne CEO Dan Schwinn. “We have a large installed base of IFD owners across Europe and we are happy to now have SkyDemon available as a wireless solution for them.”

“The IFD Series have become very popular with pilots throughout Europe for their ease of use, and for their support for European Jeppesen Approach Charts and Airport Diagrams, European VFR (Bottlang) Charts, and VFR Reporting Points,” said John Talmadge, Avidyne’s Vice President of Worldwide Sales. “We are pleased that our IFD customers now have the ability to connect to SkyDemon, Europe’s most popular VFR flight planning App for both pre-flight planning and in-flight navigation.”

Avidyne IFD550/IFD540/IFD440 are industry-leading FMS/GPS navigators that provide easy-to-use Hybrid Touch and Page & Tab user interface, Synthetic Vision, as well as integrated WiFi and Bluetooth® connectivity. Current IFD App compatibility includes ForeFlight, FltPlanGo, AvPlan, Cloud Ahoy, OzRunways in Australia, SkyDemon in Europe, with more to follow.

The Avidyne IFDs are compatible with SkyDemon Version 3.14.3 (or later).

FMI: www.skydemon.aero, www.avidyne.com