Sunday, June 26, 2016

ForeFlight map tracking

Though planes operate on the EXACT same physics principles as they did 100 years ago and in many ways fly very much the same, the suite of electronic options over the years have continued to bloom. Beyond the Air Race Classic's Spot plane following software used on their website, the team carried TWO active ForeFlight enabled Ipads. This is an amazing software subscription package that enables pilots to have access to nearly ANY aviation map, anytime, anywhere in the world. That allows tremendous flexibility with route planning, emergency divert options, and the basics like where to park, what frequency to communicate on, and where to get fuel. What follows is 'most' of the data recorded from the 9 legs of flying. We noted two anomalies where the data recorder did not grab the landings of the flight on the first and last legs. Other than those two points, the maps below reflect the EXACT flight data over the entire 19 hours of flight terrain as the crew experienced it.  -ed


 














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