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iPad apps - for Europe/UK

I’ve been flying with AIr Navigation Pro for the past 10 years.

It’s a great moving map application with excellent support.

You can get georeferenced approach plates ( optional ) which are then superimposed on the map in a semi transparent manner.

There are tons of other options.

Highly recommended.

Good for you that you got out before the gates closed. I know many here that suffered those twenty last years.

LKTB->EGBJ, United Kingdom

Sorry, I left there in 1969 (closely following the ~200k who left in 1968)

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Thanks guys, you’re the best – first thing I will do is read all those apps threads. I’m worrying a bit less now :)
@Peter, bydlim v brne, ale delal jsem moje zkouska v praze :)

LKTB->EGBJ, United Kingdom

There are times when I do that i.e. stop the moving map, so I can scroll the map around manually. I tend to do this when hacking my way around the London TMA and I quite like to be VMC on top at 5400ft, and I need to see how far out I need to go to be able to stay at 5400ft all the way back to Shoreham

None of the apps show the airspace labels if you zoom out enough to see the “big picture”.

I suppose one could achieve a similar thing by setting airspace declutter to show only airspace at 5400ft, but then one is relying on the declutter to be sufficiently bug-free to save you from a nasty experience with the CAA. That is also why I fly with the “real printed” charts on a tablet (and Airmate looks good for that) but probably 99% of tablet users have moved on from there.

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Curiously, I flew with someone yesterday who used SkyDemon just as a map – he didn’t activate the plane position. He did know about the function to turn it into a moving map but just didn’t bother, and used for graphical notams and route plotting.

There is Skydemon, EasyVFR (various threads; a search on the name digs them out), Jepp MFDVFR, and the low cost AirMate is a new product. Garmin Pilot and Foreflight are not currently suitable for VFR in Europe.

A lot depends on how much “hand holding” you need, how much you pre-plan your flights back home, etc. Personally I fly happily with a simple moving map app, and Airmate would do, but that means checking airport and enroute notams and wx separately.

I was born in Prague and lived in Pribram

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Maybe http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=6&Itemid=13.html is an ever better link to give you, one more step down the menu.

EGKB Biggin Hill

Worry not.

You can get all the AIP plates from NATS. http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=165&Itemid=3.html

They are also embedded in SkyDemon.

If you want non AIP plates, the best source is Pooley’s, but if you buy SkyDemon, you can pay extra to have the Pooley’s plates included.

When you get back, spend an hour with a reasonably knowledgeable local (me, if you like) and all your worries will float away.

EGKB Biggin Hill

There are good European VFR apps. I know SkyDemon (which pretty much every single pilot I’ve flow with uses), (which is still light years ahead FF and GP for European VFR – I wouldn’t even look at these if all you do is VFR flying). There are also a couple other ones, like EasyVFR / PocketFMS / Runway HD, but I haven’t tried them myself.

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