Fly 5.6 review (mobile)

Aviation enthusiasts, prepare dynamic multi leg flight plans and use them while flying.

License: Demo OS: PalmOS File size: 629K Developer: GPS Pilot       Price: $69.00 User Rating:   Currently 0.00/5 1 2 3 4 5

Fly 5.6 is cars/aircraft software developed by GPS Pilot.
Aviation enthusiasts, prepare dynamic multi leg flight plans and use them while flying.
Make flight plans based on POIs -airports, navaids, cities,... - and get automatic calculation of headings, winds, time and fuel!

In the air, connect a GPS and follow your course on maps and legs with automatic recalculation of heading, destination,...

Build flight plans

Create your route by defining legs between VORs
Define aircraft specification
Choose the wind aloft
Automatic calculation of headings, times enroute, distances, and fuel use of the route
When route is ready, load various aeronautical charts into your palm or use Aeroplanner subscription to get on-line SmartChart, full TripTick of your flight

Follow your flight course en-route

Pinpoint your course on legs: get estimated distance, heading, ... information to next leg
Pinpoints your course over charts with respect to your intended course. Much more intuitive than a CDI, with terrain information such as rivers, lakes, parks...
Tap an airport, navaid, city, or landmark on the map or legs, to get vital information such radio frequencies, diagram of the airport's runway...
Determine your total distance and estimated travel time to any destination. Time is estimated by current speed, average speed

Manage flight plans

Unlimited number of plans
Reverse existing flight plans + automatic re-computation of the all route

Maps support

For quick and easy journey planning, load maps from anywhere from topographical maps, marine charts, aeronautical/satellites images, to street level or site plans...
Simply, fulfill your request by typing a specific address, choosing a POI , or locating yourself on a map and download instantly on-line maps to your PDA. Moreover, get seamless on-line maps: automatic Auto-Web mode to download maps on demand (zoom, drag, …) from internet, so they are never out-of-date or out-of-range.
Directly drag BMP or GIF raster maps to external memory (Compact Flash, Memory Stick, SD Cards). ARM device recommended
Convert any raster maps (BMP, GIF, or JPG files) on your PC via Cartographer our Maps Manager companion tool

Efficient and intuitive moving map display

Full screen grayscale and color map display : multi-resolution color support. (Grayscale, 256 color, and new high definition color) and high resolution screen support (Sony, Garmin, Palm Tugsten, HandEra ...)
3 instant views of the same area for several points of view: large to very detailed
Automatic detection and loading of appropriate and accurate maps according to current location and scale. with boundary of one map
Scroll by dragging map with finger or stylus
Seamless zoom in/out of any maps by extension/shrinking of the previous map details
Current position and travel direction indicator pinpointed on maps in or around the Center
Multi-points calibration (GPS position or POIs) and nudge control for best map tuning on the device
Adjust the level of details, international units, ...

Powerful maps management

Fast map drawing and scrolling
High ratio compression
Local intelligent caching: gif and bmp maps automatic storage on external memory (CF,SD,MS); pdb maps automatic storage on RAM
360 degree map orientation support
Map datum. For pdb maps Mercator projection, other any projections via the multi-calibration process
Maps Family concept contiguous maps will stitch together to form a large map

GPS support

Most GPS devices supported: NMEA 0183 standard compliant:

Integrated GPS : Garmin IQUE
Blue tooth (BT): Emtac BT, Fortuna GPSmart BT...
Compact Flash (CF): Pretec CF, Transplant Computing CF, Crux II CF,...
Memory Stick (MS)
Clip-on: NavMan, Rand McNally, Companion
External GPS units: Magellan, Garmin, Eagle, EarthMate Delorme,...

Accurate GPS navigation features

Lifelike compass: display current location, elevation, speed, and direction...
GPS satellites signal reception status
Universal time given by the satellites: Update organizer's date and time from GPS clock
Odometer function and speedometer function: Time, distance information, and average speed from the beginning of your trip
International units rendering support

P.O.I.s support

View, consult, and store numerous POIs from cities, airport, air navigation to custom ones.
Consult POIs at your finger tips, with possibility to modify, remove them
Easy search and listings sorted by name, and lat/long.
Add descriptions, drawing note, and even png picture (adapted for the Sony Clié) to your POIs
Capture and mark personal locations on the fly
Free POI available for download : FAA and DAFIF information updated every 28 days with GPS Pilot way point Database Generator ; Free international databases provided (world airports, U.S navaids, U.S cities, U.S Landmarks), ...
POIs transfer between GPS Pilot and GIS applications with Topographer.Limitations:

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