Australian Flight Planning software - comments?
Rob Slater
I invite you to try the Champagne Flight Planner 2000 software. As you have
found, there are a number of flight planning software packages available in
Australia, and there is differing levels of support for the software. The
Flight Planner 2000 software does what it says it does, and support for the
product is very good (according to our customers). There is a product
specification sheet and sample pages on our WWW site, and a demo kit
available for download. The demo software reflects exactly what the
complete software does.
We have a trade-in deal for owners of other software.
We have been operating since 1987 and are in this business for the long
term. Our software is fully supported and continually improved in terms of
functionality. Ask any of our users about our product and support..
A recent purchaser of our software said that after a survey of owners of
flight planning software that the fell into two groups -" those that had
purchased Flight Planner 2000 and those that wished they had".
Rob Slater
Manager
Champagne PC Services
T: 0419 955704
http://www.champagnepcservices.com.au
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:27:02 +1000, "Anthony" <mas...@msn.com.au>
wrote:
>Please let me know what software is available, and the good and bad points.
>Also, if possible, web links to find the packages that are available.
>thanks
>
>
I have used Aviation Mentor's Flitestar for some years. Mine is well
out of date but Jeppeson bought the company and have upgraded versions
but last time I enquired, they were very dear at $800 + (as I recall)
because we had to buy the complete world wide version.
I particularly liked the 'rubber band' facility which allowed for
joining various point using the mouse pointer, or by dragging the
'route line' to an intermediate waypoint to create a diversion.
Another feature which I used was the 'Flip Route' which allowed to
reverse the planned route for the return trip.
These were not available on the locally produced planners which I
trialled by Command Flight Planner has a 'join the dots' feature and
has now a route reversal option.
After trials, I purchased the Command Flight Planner but found that I
was plagued by conflicts and crashes, and worst of all found that when
re-using a previous plan and revising the initial loading in terms of
adding people and reducing fuel, it did not carry through to the
subsequent landing points and I fiinished up with incorrect fuel
loadings which if used and relied upon for the flight, would have
caused me to land unexpectedly due to lack of fuel.
The proprietor does not want to communicate, nor does he seem to want
to address the problem. I returned the program to him earlier this
month and unless I receive a refund within two weeks, I will enjoy the
presence of his company in court if he is game enough to attend and
defend the issue.
Fred Sutton
performance of the product is excellent........
Cheers Fred
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Tom Courtney
<ch...@champagnepcservices.com.au> wrote:
>Tom,
>
>I invite you to try the Champagne Flight Planner 2000 software. As you have
>found, there are a number of flight planning software packages available in
>Australia, and there is differing levels of support for the software. The
>Flight Planner 2000 software does what it says it does, and support for the
>product is very good (according to our customers). There is a product
>specification sheet and sample pages on our WWW site, and a demo kit
>available for download. The demo software reflects exactly what the
>complete software does.
>
Thanks for the invite.
I tried your software demo download about a year ago and also looked
at the program (very briefly) at Avalon this year.
When I tried the system, it did not have the facility which I most
like and that is the 'rubber banding' of Aviation Mentor (now
Jeppeson) or the 'follow the dots' of Command Flight Planner.
Yours was fine if you know exactly where you are going.
The advantage of 'rubber banding' or 'following the dots' is that
simply by using the pointer and the delete key, I am able to create a
plan between say Moorabbin and Coolangatta, and then add or delete
waypoints and airports by dragging the 'line' to the new waypoint
(airport) or deleting a point.
This enables almost instant planning of fuel etc for locations at
which I might want to stop.
Going back to typing in names etc is labourious and time consuming,
and I prefer to hand write any flight notes etc, rather than follow
the above procedure.
When you incorporate such a planning method in your program, than I
would be only too happy to look at it again.
The reasson others probably find your present software so good, is
that they have never experienced the benefit of the 'rubber banding'
method, so they don't know what they are missing out on.
Phil Hollands
promises. And no unexpected crashes.
Also very useful for aircraft quotes. The software and databases are
regularly updated, can't recommend it too highly
Phil Hollands
Emu Airways
(the views above reflect those of my employers)