V6.8 on Ipad Introduction
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Pilot’s Guide to ForeFlight Mobile ForeFlight, LLC 35th Edition - Covers ForeFlight Mobile v6.8 on iPad Introduction ...............................................................................................14 iPad Tips ....................................................................................................................................14 Setting-up ForeFlight Mobile ..............................................................16 Airports ........................................................................................................17 About the Design ..................................................................................................................18 Finding an Airport using Search ......................................................................................18 Finding an Airport using Browse .....................................................................................19 Favorite Airports List .............................................................................................................20 Recent Airports List ...............................................................................................................21 Favorite and Recent Airport Sync ....................................................................................21 Viewing Airport Weather ....................................................................................................22 Model Output Statistics (MOS) Forecasts ......................................................................23 Runway Winds .........................................................................................................................25 Viewing a Procedure .............................................................................................................26 Swipe to Change Plates .......................................................................................................27 Using Geo-Referenced Procedures .................................................................................28 FBO Information .....................................................................................................................30 Fuel prices ...................................................................................................................................................30 Comments ..................................................................................................................................................31 Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD) or Canada Flight Supplement (CFS) ...............32 Airport and Aircraft Flight Tracking .................................................................................33 ForeFlight Mobile v6.8! 2 Maps .............................................................................................................34 About the Design ..................................................................................................................34 Pinch, Zoom, and Pan ..........................................................................................................35 Changing Maps / Map Overlay ........................................................................................35 Airport pop-up ........................................................................................................................41 Attitude Indicator / Synthetic Vision (iPad only) ........................................................42 IMPORTANT NOTICE: ATTITUDE INDICATOR DISPLAY ..............................................43 Calibrate the AI/SV display ...................................................................................................................45 Synthetic Vision required downloads ...............................................................................................46 Weather Overlay Color Coding .........................................................................................47 Maps Settings .........................................................................................................................49 Distance Rings ........................................................................................................................50 Flight Bag Tiles and “Tap to Bring Forward” .................................................................51 Finding an Airport or Navigation Aid using Search ..................................................55 Planning a Flight Using Search .........................................................................................56 Planning a Flight using Touch ...........................................................................................58 Airspace Information ............................................................................................................60 Route Line ................................................................................................................................60 Managing User Waypoints .................................................................................................60 User Waypoint Sync ..............................................................................................................62 Working with the Navigation Log, Edit and Profle Views ......................................62 Overview .....................................................................................................................................................62 ForeFlight Mobile v6.8! 3 Edit View ......................................................................................................................................................64 NavLog View ..............................................................................................................................................68 Profle View .................................................................................................................................................69 Single-waypoint Search .........................................................................................................................75 Engaging the Moving Map ................................................................................................75 Track Up .......................................................................................................................................................76 Direct-To ....................................................................................................................................78 Ruler ...........................................................................................................................................78 Viewing and Hiding the Heads Up Display ..................................................................79 Using Favorite Routes ..........................................................................................................80 Using Recent Routes .............................................................................................................81 Favorite and Recent Route Sync ......................................................................................81 Clearing a Route ....................................................................................................................82 Pack ...............................................................................................................83 About the Design ..................................................................................................................83 Pack for a Flight ......................................................................................................................85 iPad ................................................................................................................................................................85 iPhone ..........................................................................................................................................................86 Sync ...............................................................................................................88 About the Design ..................................................................................................................88 Using Sync ................................................................................................................................88 Cockpit Sharing ........................................................................................91 ForeFlight Mobile v6.8! 4 About the Design ..................................................................................................................91 Using Cockpit Sharing .........................................................................................................91 Plates ............................................................................................................92 About the Design ..................................................................................................................92 About Plate Binders ..............................................................................................................93 Creating a Binder ...................................................................................................................93 Managing Plates ....................................................................................................................93 NOTAM Advisor for Approach