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Iphone app for soaring?

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GARY BOGGS CFIG

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Nov 19, 2009, 7:29:30 PM11/19/09
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Do any of you use any iphone apps for soaring that you can recomend?

Dave Nadler

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Nov 19, 2009, 8:49:31 PM11/19/09
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On Nov 19, 7:29 pm, GARY BOGGS CFIG <waveg...@charter.net> wrote:
> Do any of you use any iphone apps for soaring that you can recomend?

My iPhone makes a ILEC CN10 vario climb sound when my wife calls ;-)
See ya, Dave "YO electric"

BT

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Nov 19, 2009, 9:49:58 PM11/19/09
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I know that there is a VFR Chart moving map display, but I know of no
"soaring application" like XC Soar or WinPilot or SeeYou.
BT

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Ramy

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Nov 19, 2009, 9:58:30 PM11/19/09
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On Nov 19, 4:29 pm, GARY BOGGS CFIG <waveg...@charter.net> wrote:
> Do any of you use any iphone apps for soaring that you can recomend?

Absolutly. There are quiet a few apps useful for soaring:

Skycharts - Moving map sectionals. The best feature is that you can
cache the sectionals so no cell connection is needed.
Airport 4 pilots - Find the nearest airport
TrackLog - Works great as a GPS tracker on the iphone side but I found
the web site nearly impossible to use.
GPS Tracker - Another GPS tracker. Works great as long as you have
cell coverage.
Sunrise and Sunset - great for those who race against the sun...
Altimeter - just for fun

There are also some great iphone web apps for blipmaps, but currently
not available.

Ramy

GARY BOGGS CFIG

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Nov 20, 2009, 1:21:57 AM11/20/09
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> My iPhone makes a ILEC CN10 vario climb sound when my wife calls ;-)
> See ya, Dave "YO electric"

Great Dave, not if you can get the iphone to do the rest of the ilec
stuff I'll have it made!

Mike the Strike

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Nov 20, 2009, 12:07:03 PM11/20/09
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While no doubt we would love to see a 99-cent version of SeeYou for
iPhone, I doubt that it will happen. Successful apps need a huge user
base to be profitable.

However, I have found I can access weather radar on an iPhone while
soaring - wonder how the Rules Committee will deal with this one?

Mike

Dave Nadler

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Nov 20, 2009, 9:07:05 PM11/20/09
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On Nov 20, 12:07 pm, Mike the Strike <Stringm...@msn.com> wrote:
> However, I have found I can access weather radar on an iPhone while
> soaring - wonder how the Rules Committee will deal with this one?
>
> Mike

(1) Find some sand.
(2) Bury head in it.

The time-honored tradition has been declare it illegal until
impossible to continue ignoring, then legalize...

Anyway, my iPhone never seems to operate while airborne
(that is, connect with adequate bandwidth to do anything).

Mike the Strike

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Nov 20, 2009, 10:46:02 PM11/20/09
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dave:

You obviously fly too high - you need to get down and dirty with those
cell-phone towers!

Mike

BT

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Nov 21, 2009, 12:55:29 AM11/21/09
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Must be an ATT coverage thing.

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rob

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Nov 21, 2009, 11:21:37 PM11/21/09
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On Nov 19, 4:29 pm, GARY BOGGS CFIG <waveg...@charter.net> wrote:
> Do any of you use any iphone apps for soaring that you can recomend?

There is an app for the iphone to try at http://www.apptism.com/apps/skylogger.

"SkyLogger is a program for obtaining and storing flight data. The
program is especially adapted for the usage by glider, hangglider and
paraglider pilots"


Rob Frith

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