Built in Australia for Australian Pilots, FlightPlanner caters for the basic and some advanced flight planning. It is simple and intuitive, based upon the current manual flight planning principles and paper versions. Pilots should use FlightPlanner in conjunction with their existing planning techniques.

Planning a Flight:

As with the paper version you need to have the template to commence entering the flight plan(view Screenshots Page)

And as with the paper version the flight plan editing is in your face, no extra pop-ups and no extra dialog boxes. You simply point, type or select from a drop down list. If the database does not contain you waypoint or airport or intersection then you can add as many as you like. IF the flight sector LSALT does not exist or needs to be modified then you can do that too. Aircraft information is also maintained including the loading system for weight and balance and the TODR and LDR and cruise and climb performance data.

And as with the paper version you have your passenger manifest and passenger database. We must not forget the fuel calculation to ensure there is enough fuel on board for the entire flight. You can top up the fuel as required and use it just as the paper version. Note that below the amount of fuel is insufficient for our proposed flight. The fuel data and passenger data are collected and assembled in to the weight and balance.

Weight and balance envelope is available for Alpha, Bravo and Charlie loading systems so you can accurately know if you are in balance or should re-arrange the passengers and baggage to ensure a more efficient use of the Centre of Gravity envelope.

Once the planning is complete then simply print out the Flight Plan and the Passenger manifest and you¡¯re ready for takeoff.

More features will be added to Flight Planner as the need arises. As you can see from the Toolbar and when you run Flight Planner there is more to add and I¡¯ll get to it as time permits. Right now it is sufficient for me to keep, store and recall all my flights and the make up new plans and test what if scenarios very quickly.