iFly GPS Forum

I saw on  the AOPA website that they going to eliminate the Flight Planner feature. http://aopa.org/news-and-media/all-ne...anner-to-sunset Jeppesen is not going to update the engine that powers the flight planner so AOPA is caught between a rock and a hard place.

That has long been my favorite planning system. I have tried SkyVector and FltPlan.com and don't particularly like either, at least not from a tablet. Using iFly for the flight plan and then going to 1800wxbrief is an option I guess. I like the briefing in the iFly app but would like to be able to see airmets, sigmets and TFRs graphically. 

The article does not say anyting about the AOPA weather tool so it may stay. 

What is everone else using and what do you suggest?

Thanks,

Rick

Rick, 

I have been with AOPA 30 years and this comes as no surprise to me...they make decisions like that from time to time, so about 10 years ago I stopped relying on the AOPA planning system. Just too unreliable for me after the 2nd or 3rd time they changed or cut planning services.

Anything "free" like that is just too unreliable in the long run, IMHO. To me, it was a "nice to have" thing with the $25, 30, 39, 45, 60 dollar membership over the years. (They also cut out the printed AOPA Airport Guide, which I really liked to keep in the plane for when batteries died or with power/cell outages).

I now plan on the iFly and save all my routes here. Soon, when SkyVector works to transfer plans, that will be another place to rapidly plan and keep flights we do over and over.

I am sorry it is being cut from our membership as well...the next thing to go will be the magazine and we will have to just look at it "online." (Hope not!)

Best wishes, Mike N714AJ

Hey Rick,

You can use iFly on your desktop... that's how I plan.

Jeff