what flight planning software do you use?

Here is a summary of the flight planning devices/aids that people use:

Flight planning

* DUAT (DynCorp, Cirrus, direct telnet)
* Aeroplanner
* Copilot
* FliteSoft
* FliteStar
* AirPlan
* TAU
* Anywhere Map/Planner
* E6B
* Dos version of FlightSoft Pro

Other aids

*Airnav.com
* FSS
* Verizon's pilot weather on the mobile.

-Sridhar

Sridhar Rajagopal wrote:

Hi,

I was wondering about the following:

1) how many people actually use any kind of flight planning software
(VFR and IFR)?
2) If you do use it, which one do you use?
3) how would you rate it?

Thanks!
Sridhar

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Sridhar Rajagopal wrote:

Well, but this calculation by hand (which is not 100%) is all the
indication I need! :-) Your statement, that you don't use any flight
planning software, but just by hand (I'm assuming you still use an E6B),
is just as valuable to me. I was looking for both positives and negatives.

OK... here's another "all-manual" flightplanner! Unless you count the
basic calculator I keep handy, it's all whizz-wheel E6B, paper, pencil &
sectional for me...

I like Post-It notes for planning; I've gotten into the habit of putting
CFS information onto a PostIt for each airport I'm going to, and sticking
the PostIt to the chart near the appropriate airport. Likewise
distance/time/fuel for each leg, sometimes.

Brian - PP-ASEL/Night -




Thanks for the replies,
Sridhar

Peter Duniho wrote:

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
...


He also asked how many people use flight planning software. Negative
responses provide information to that part of the request.



No they don't.

That's like saying "how many apples are in that bowl", and thinking that
being told how many apples aren't in that bowl somehow answers the question.

Unless you have a 100% response rate from all pilots AND know exactly how
many pilots you're talking about, negative answers do nothing to answer the
question.

Pete

Sridhar,

Take a look at WingX for the Pocket PC at http://www.hiltonsoftware.com As
far as flight planning, it has a database of airports, VORs, and NDBs and
will determine course, headings, distance, time, WCA etc. It has many other
functions too. Because it runs on a Pocket PC, you can do all this while
waiting at a red light, although I probably wouldn't advise that.

Hilton


"Sridhar Rajagopal" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I was wondering about the following:

1) how many people actually use any kind of flight planning software
(VFR and IFR)?
2) If you do use it, which one do you use?
3) how would you rate it?

Thanks!
Sridhar