Wingx pro7 aviation moving map, charts, and weather for iphone. Wingx has a main menu, similar to garmin, but it is on its own. Hilton software releases wingx pro7 for android general. I use a samsung galaxy tab s, 8 inch and fltplango. Even with wing x being free for me as a cfi, i still spend the 170ish a year for ff, its just very well finished and works for my. Hilton software is the prime contractor for dods aeronautical mobile application, used across u. I like all three, foreflight is good but not that much better than wingx. Foreflight logbook is a fully integrated electronic pilot logbook with automatic draft entries from track logs, unlimited photo attachments, currency summaries, and experience and faa 8710 report. Hilton software is warning wingx pro 7 users not to download ios nine just yet, as it may not be fully. Hilton software is warning wingx pro 7 users not to download ios nine just yet, as it. When it comes to garmin pilots primary competition foreflight the choice is clear.
We do offer a onetime only, 30 day free trial to all users in order. This includes wingx pro7 for ios, wingx pro7 for android, and wingx pro7 for fire you get all the great features of wingx pro7. I see a lot of foreflight is better, but not many concrete reasons why. A guy i know who tried that was very disappointed at the feature gap between the android version and the ios version. To download wingx pro7, tap on the apple app store button on your ipad or iphone and search for wingx or click on the app store badge below. Foreflight connect is a platform that enables portable and installed avionics to connect with foreflight and deliver capabilities like twoway flight plan transfer, and the display of adsb weather and traffic, backup attitude and gps position.
The synthetic vision is great for a additional level of situation awareness in mvfr near canyons flying low level floats and stuff like that. E6b aviation calculator is one of amazing aviation application. Plus, there are a bunch of free options already that ive already been using as backup. There is no android version, only an ios version available at this time. Foreflight hello, i am discarding the near worethless garmin pilot app and i am looking at going with wings x or foreflight. Cfi free and sv free cfi free provides every cfi with a free solution to integrate wingx pro7 and wingx rewind into their flight training. Ive been using wing x pro7 for several months, and am tremendously impressed. Eaa webinar flying with your ipad using wingx pro7. Download wingx and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. Apr 20, 2015 hilton software will release an android version of its wingx pro7 flight planning and navigation app in the second quarter. But we gave it our best shot, and compared the top three apps foreflight mobile, garmin pilot and wingx pro 7 sidebyside.
Nov 02, 2016 so since i already have a samsung android product, does it make sense to get an ipad just for froerflight. Wingx pro is now available for android phones and tablets. Please login or register to enable access to the forums. But times change and some apps seem to be getting more expensive and more complicated. Wingx pro7 now available for android ipad pilot news. With the wing x splitscreen option, the pilot can begin briefing the iap without leaving the moving map page. Android and ios versions of wingx pro7 were previously released. Every time i ask a foreflight user what is so much better, they tell me features that i have for free or trivial nonsense of marginal utility like the ability to place the approach plate on the map view. I agree that it is designed more as an ifr platform. I wanted to try them out years ago but have been using foreflight so long its going to take more than price to get me to quit.
I used foreflight and wingx for about one year and settled on foreflight. Foreflight now has flight plan data on the top of the map page disadvantages of wingx. I use both, foreflight for most everything, fltplango for filing and helping pick altitudes and fuel burns. I do think foreflight and wingx make using the moving map for flight planning easier than garmins. Ceo hilton goldstein said in an email announcement that the features, functionality, and interface familiar to wingx pro users on ios and android devices have been successfully replicated in the fire version. Whether youre currently on the basic plus plan, or the older basic or pro plans, pro plus can make your flight planning, flying, and logging easier and more efficient. It is very fast and the screens are clear and crisp. Foreflight and garmin are free to download and use for 30 days. Foreflight provides pilots with graphical views and alerts for the weather observations and forecasts at their airport, not just. Even with wing x being free for me as a cfi, i still. Wingx is the awardwinning aviation moving map for android. May 19, 2016 january 25, 2019 nick leghorn general aviation. Be sure to evaluate the android version of wing x before you make the decision to chuck foreflight and go that route. Garmin pilot vs foreflight vs wingx i was just made aware of the release of garmin pilot as an app for the ipadiphone.
I felt they were not as intuitive as the other three apps. Many people have asked for an android port of the program. Comparing the base versions, wingx has far more features and is a better bang for the buck. Foreflight vs aopa flyq efb cessna 172 forum cessna. Ive tried wing x, foreflight, flyq efb, and the garmin and king apps. Choosing between foreflight, garmin pilot, wing x, and flyq efb is. I think the one you got used to using first will probably be your preference. Organizations have myriad choices for apple, android, and microsoft platforms. Wingx pro vs foreflight cessna 172 forum cessna 172 talk 247.
I like the split screen for inflight operation and i like the ability to touch a waypoint and get all of the information immediately. Their new freedom runs on android and ipad, plus they still support. Foreflight logbook is a fully integrated electronic pilot logbook with automatic draft entries from track logs, unlimited photo attachments, currency summaries, and experience and faa 8710 report exports, plus many other features. Eight reasons to go foreflight pro plus foreflight. If the android version gets to the same features as the apple, im giving it a 5. Wingx pro7 for ios for ipad, ipad mini, ipad air, iphone, and ipod touch. I have foreflight on my ipad also and that too is an amazing app. Discussion in pilot training started by maui cirrus cfii, feb 7, 2017. Im not an apple fanboy, and enjoy using android, so just curious if anyones used that also. Wingx pro7 aviation moving map, charts, and weather for ios. Sep 28, 2015 wingx pro is now available for android phones and tablets. While foreflight is terrific, wing x is more featurerich but harder to learn. Certificated flight instructors cfis get the following for free.
Foreflight is the essential, integrated flight app that makes planning, flying, and logging flights a joy. Wingx pro7 aviation moving map, charts, and weather for. Dec 25, 2014 hilton software has unveiled two new initiatives. Demonstrations of the new android version are available this week at. Georeferenced approach plates and airport diagrams, support for more than 20 adsb systems, syn vis, everything. New apps for aviators pop up daily, with hundreds of thousands of app developers around the world clamoring for the next angry birds or foreflight. Partners include garmin, satcom direct, stratus, avidyne, l3, freeflight, bad elf, and more. Also introduces pro7 version 1 app for android devices. Weve used both programs extensively in our company flight department. Wingx pro is now free for student pilots and other vfr only.
We recommend one of two ways to purchase a new subscription or to extend your current subscription. The airports tab is the best place to start planning in foreflight, as it includes a wealth of information about facilities, runways, weather and procedures. I initially purchased a subscription to foreflight and was happy with its performance. The same way you configure foreflight to work with xplane. Hilton software has released wingx pro7 for android. Jun 20, 2016 cloud documents is the simple, speedy way to store documents in the foreflight cloud, access them in foreflight on your ipad, and keep them in sync across devices. We humbly suggest that its time to upgrade to a higherrated, easier to use, less expensive app. Eaa webinar flying with your ipad using wingx pro7 youtube.
Its worth an afternoon on the couch and a trip around the pattern with each to see which one is best for you. Cross platform support and device integration with an easytouse look and feel across apple iphone and ipad, android phones and tablets, and amazon kindle fire devices, wingx pro7 tm offers an incredible array of features. Wingx pro7 android version due in second quarter business. Wingx pro7 aviation moving map, charts, and weather 6. Hilton software developer of wingx mobile aviation. If i had an android rather than an ipad the garmin ap would be the way to go for that. Despite stiff competition from foreflight and garmins pilot mycast, wingx pro is still enjoying great sales success, in large part based on the companys willingness to launch new features, like.
Have you been considering upgrading to foreflights pro plus subscription plan. Wingx pro vs foreflight cessna 172 forum cessna 172. Georeferenced approach plates and airport diagrams, support for. Wingx pro7 for android adds integration with lockheed martins flight services system, georeferenced approach charts and will continue to be enhanced with the features already on wingx pro7 for.
In my opinion wing x was the most user friendly aviation map there is. Commercial aviation hilton software is the market leader for general aviation navigation software. Aviation consumers paul bertorelli walks through the features of hilton softwares latest release of wingx pro on the ipad. Foreflight delivers advanced flight planning capabilities, terminal procedure charts, enroute navigation charts, moving map, synthetic vision, hazard awareness, optional jeppesen charts, a comprehensive library of marketleading weather information and visualization features, a large.
Apr 15, 2011 with the wing x splitscreen option, the pilot can begin briefing the iap without leaving the moving map page. We prefer engineers who are pilots, but that is not required. Wingx pro is now free for student pilots and other. We also host timesensitive critical data in the cloud, enabling users to download it quickly, reliably, and safely.
Cfi free is our latest initiative to support the cfi community and to provide wingx rewind, the best flight analysis tool on ipad, free to cfis so that they can. What is the data size of hilton softwares wingx pro 7 app and all of its. Hilton software recently released wingx pro7 for android, a product they announced earlier this year at sun n fun. Foreflight pro plus adds these powerful features to your subscription see the chart at the end for a comprehensive comparison with basic plus. Hilton software is the market leader for general aviation navigation software. The apps look and feel is very similar to the ipad version, so pilots familiar with that program will feel right at home using this new android version. This app is beneficial for you because it has more than 75 aviation calculations, unit conversations, and aviation weather reports. Foreflight cloud documents lets you securely publish and update documents from your computer with a simple draganddrop interface using any one of three supported cloud services.
Wingx pro is now free for student pilots and other vfr only pilots. The other great benifit is that if you are unsure of anything you can always get ahold of a live person at hilton software to answer any question you might havegreat tech support. And it really seems to come down to apple vs android. Every time i ask a foreflight user what is so much better, they tell me features that i have for free or trivial nonsense of marginal utility like the. Features include vfr sectionals, ifr high and low enroutes, planned route, weather, tfrs, and special use airspace overlays. Be sure that you have fsuipc installed and that it appears in the modules menu in fsx. Fsxflight works by using the network gps protocol add in foreflight 4. Ive been using foreflight since it came out on the ipad.
So since i already have a samsung android product, does it make sense to get an ipad just for froerflight. Garmin pilot is tightly integrated with garmin integrated flight decks and avionics. I have an android tablet, but am considering buying an ipad for foreflight. The app brings many of the features of the ios version of wingx pro7 to the android platform, and the. View profile view forum posts join date aug 2011 location tucson, az. Foreflight ipad app pro plus subscription from sporty. Foreflight makes preflight weather decisionmaking much faster. Wingx seemed to me to be easier to read and navigate in a bouncing plane with less than optimum screen viewing conditions. Aug 16, 20 foreflight this app began life as a preflight briefing tool, so it only makes sense that it has a strong list of features for this purpose. Apr 28, 2015 hilton software has released wingx pro7 for android. I use foreflight for planning, checking weather, getting waypoints for airways for gns boxes. Wingx pro is the first ipad app that we know of with the ability to show free adsb automatic dependent surveillance broadcast weather, when you pair the unit with an. Wingx pro7 for android released general aviation news. The key is finding the apps that are truly useful, and not cluttering your device with scores of unused and unneeded gizmos and tchotchkes while you only use a handful.
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