Apple Watch apps for pilots

The Apple Watch started shipping over the weekend and there already thousands of apps that support the new device. Here's a rundown of several aviation apps you'll want to check out if you were able to get your hands on one.

ForeFlight shows off new online flight planner

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ForeFlight is known for producing aviation's top app for iPad and iPhone, so the company is often considered to be exclusively focused on iOS software. At the 2015 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in, they proved that to be an incomplete picture, with the introduction of ForeFlight Web, a powerful online flight planning tool.

WingX Pro available for Android

WingX Pro announced today that it will soon be supporting a version for the Android operating system, allowing pilots to use the popular flight planning and navigation app on a wide-range of additional phones and tablets.

New Video: Behind the scenes with ForeFlight Synthetic Vision

ForeFlight recently published a behind the scenes video on their new Synthetic Vision feature that provides some insight on how this feature was created. The video features an interview with Malcolm Toon, ForeFlight's lead developer for Synthetic Vision, to describe the development process and technical challenges faced along the way.

ForeFlight improves taxi charts with latest update

The latest update to ForeFlight adds 3 helpful new features: over 1600 new custom airport diagrams, FBO locations on taxiway diagrams and a new setting for large airplane operators to configure when the ownship is displayed on moving maps.

iPad navigation app buyer’s guide

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The landscape for full-featured EFB apps continues to evolve rapidly as developers push the limits of the iPad's capability with exciting new features. This chart represents the latest comparison of the most popular EFB apps available today.

5 lesser-known aviation apps to consider

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So much of the news and excitement about aviation apps these days focuses on the big, all-in-one apps: ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot and WingX. We polled a group of pilots about some other apps they use regularly and came up with five interesting ones that don't make a lot of headlines.

AerovieReports: All about the PIREPs

The AerovieReports app has been out for about a year now and allows you to submit PIREPs directly to Lockheed Martin Flight Service. Here we'll take a look at the latest update to the app, which adds a full set of moving map and EFB features.

Garmin Pilot optimized for helicopter operations

Garmin released its first big app update for 2015 today, adding a set of new helicopter navigation features, wireless integration with the G3X Touch avionics system and improvements to the connectivity with the Garmin GLO portable GPS.

New features added to FltPlan Go app

The free FltPlan.com Go app for iPhone and iPad provides a wealth of aviation resources, all for free. Here we'll look at the latest round of updates and the new features added.

ForeFlight adds Dynon SkyView connectivity

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ForeFlight's latest app update adds a collection of useful new features, including graphical winds aloft on the map view, wireless connectivity with Dynon SkyView avionics and brand new Scratchpad interface.

CloudAhoy adds glass cockpit view, new Google export

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We've written before about the many benefits of the CloudAhoy app, with its robust post-flight debriefing tools and easy ForeFlight integration. Here are some recent upgrades.