Looking for a (freeware) program to create a cross country navigation log

[C. Osbourne]

Anyone know where I could get a downloadable, or freeware
program to assist in filling out a cross country navigation
form? Yes, I know we have to do that manually, but in the
learning process it'd be a great help to have a way to check
our answers for saneness.

If you can point me in the direction of either a downloadable
or web-based program to generate all the data, it'd be a big
help! I've seen duats, but I'm looking for something else.

Thanks for answering here.

[Dave A.]

My first thought is the AOPA real time flight planner. It's free with your
membership.


--
Dave A
Aging Student Pilot
KFRG


"C. Osbourne" > wrote in message
.. .
> Anyone know where I could get a downloadable, or freeware
> program to assist in filling out a cross country navigation
> form? Yes, I know we have to do that manually, but in the
> learning process it'd be a great help to have a way to check
> our answers for saneness.
>
> If you can point me in the direction of either a downloadable
> or web-based program to generate all the data, it'd be a big
> help! I've seen duats, but I'm looking for something else.
>
> Thanks for answering here.

[Rip]

If you are an AOPA member (you are, aren't you), their flight planner
does what you want.

C. Osbourne wrote:
> Anyone know where I could get a downloadable, or freeware
> program to assist in filling out a cross country navigation
> form? Yes, I know we have to do that manually, but in the
> learning process it'd be a great help to have a way to check
> our answers for saneness.
>
> If you can point me in the direction of either a downloadable
> or web-based program to generate all the data, it'd be a big
> help! I've seen duats, but I'm looking for something else.
>
> Thanks for answering here.

[John Kirksey]

"C. Osbourne" > wrote in message
.. .
> Anyone know where I could get a downloadable, or freeware
> program to assist in filling out a cross country navigation
> form? Yes, I know we have to do that manually, but in the
> learning process it'd be a great help to have a way to check
> our answers for saneness.
>
> If you can point me in the direction of either a downloadable
> or web-based program to generate all the data, it'd be a big
> help! I've seen duats, but I'm looking for something else.
>
> Thanks for answering here.

I've been using both the AOPA real-time flight planner, and the Golden Eagle
product (www.flightprep.com) to do that very thing. The Golden Eagle product
seems to have a few more features. Both are free, Golden Eagle upgradable in
exchange for $$.

John K.
Student Pilot

[Roy Smith]

In article <RfoSd.4425$QQ3.589@trnddc02>,
"John Kirksey" > wrote:

> "C. Osbourne" > wrote in message
> .. .
> > Anyone know where I could get a downloadable, or freeware
> > program to assist in filling out a cross country navigation
> > form? Yes, I know we have to do that manually, but in the
> > learning process it'd be a great help to have a way to check
> > our answers for saneness.
> >
> > If you can point me in the direction of either a downloadable
> > or web-based program to generate all the data, it'd be a big
> > help! I've seen duats, but I'm looking for something else.
> >
> > Thanks for answering here.
>
> I've been using both the AOPA real-time flight planner, and the Golden Eagle
> product (www.flightprep.com) to do that very thing. The Golden Eagle product
> seems to have a few more features. Both are free, Golden Eagle upgradable in
> exchange for $$.
>
> John K.
> Student Pilot

I've always just used the flight planner on DUATS. Nothing fancy, but it
does what you need it to do. And it's free.

[Ali Ghorashi]

Golden Eagle has too many bugs (at least it did as of two months ago). Here
are some of the problems:

-Auto Routing using Low Altitude Airways does a bad job of finding the
shortest route
-Printing a DUAT generated flight plan through their Adobe interface does
not work (i.e. the program creates corrupted PDF files)
-Errors in the Map (missing airways)
-The flight plan does not print a magnetic heading using the winds aloft
data. This makes the flight plan useless for VFR flights without the use of
navaids. This is especially true if you are using user-defined waypoints.


Ali Ghorashi
http://home.pcisys.net/~aghorash

"John Kirksey" > wrote in message
news:RfoSd.4425$QQ3.589@trnddc02...
>
> "C. Osbourne" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Anyone know where I could get a downloadable, or freeware
>> program to assist in filling out a cross country navigation
>> form? Yes, I know we have to do that manually, but in the
>> learning process it'd be a great help to have a way to check
>> our answers for saneness.
>>
>> If you can point me in the direction of either a downloadable
>> or web-based program to generate all the data, it'd be a big
>> help! I've seen duats, but I'm looking for something else.
>>
>> Thanks for answering here.
>
> I've been using both the AOPA real-time flight planner, and the Golden
> Eagle
> product (www.flightprep.com) to do that very thing. The Golden Eagle
> product
> seems to have a few more features. Both are free, Golden Eagle upgradable
> in
> exchange for $$.
>
> John K.
> Student Pilot
>
>

[Dean Wilkinson]

You can use AirPlanLite which is freeware for this. Website:
http://www.razorsedgesoft.com/airplan.htm
File is at http://www.razorsedgesoft.com/airplanlite.zip


"C. Osbourne" > wrote in message
.. .
> Anyone know where I could get a downloadable, or freeware
> program to assist in filling out a cross country navigation
> form? Yes, I know we have to do that manually, but in the
> learning process it'd be a great help to have a way to check
> our answers for saneness.
>
> If you can point me in the direction of either a downloadable
> or web-based program to generate all the data, it'd be a big
> help! I've seen duats, but I'm looking for something else.
>
> Thanks for answering here.

[Dave Butler]

C. Osbourne wrote:
> Anyone know where I could get a downloadable, or freeware
> program to assist in filling out a cross country navigation
> form?

http://www.enflight.com

Registration required, no fee.

[Jerry]

I had similar problems with Golden Eagle and have deleted the program and
went back to the Cirrus software.

Jerry

"Ali Ghorashi" > wrote in message
...
> Golden Eagle has too many bugs (at least it did as of two months ago).
> Here are some of the problems:
>
> -Auto Routing using Low Altitude Airways does a bad job of finding the
> shortest route
> -Printing a DUAT generated flight plan through their Adobe interface does
> not work (i.e. the program creates corrupted PDF files)
> -Errors in the Map (missing airways)
> -The flight plan does not print a magnetic heading using the winds aloft
> data. This makes the flight plan useless for VFR flights without the use
> of navaids. This is especially true if you are using user-defined
> waypoints.
>
>
> Ali Ghorashi
> http://home.pcisys.net/~aghorash
>
> "John Kirksey" > wrote in message
> news:RfoSd.4425$QQ3.589@trnddc02...
>>
>> "C. Osbourne" > wrote in message
>> .. .
>>> Anyone know where I could get a downloadable, or freeware
>>> program to assist in filling out a cross country navigation
>>> form? Yes, I know we have to do that manually, but in the
>>> learning process it'd be a great help to have a way to check
>>> our answers for saneness.
>>>
>>> If you can point me in the direction of either a downloadable
>>> or web-based program to generate all the data, it'd be a big
>>> help! I've seen duats, but I'm looking for something else.
>>>
>>> Thanks for answering here.
>>
>> I've been using both the AOPA real-time flight planner, and the Golden
>> Eagle
>> product (www.flightprep.com) to do that very thing. The Golden Eagle
>> product
>> seems to have a few more features. Both are free, Golden Eagle upgradable
>> in
>> exchange for $$.
>>
>> John K.
>> Student Pilot
>>
>>
>
>

[Dave Butler]

Jerry wrote:
> I had similar problems with Golden Eagle and have deleted the program and
> went back to the Cirrus software.

For text access: telnet direct.duats.com

For point and click GUI: http://www.enflight.com (requires free registration)

No need for any software installed on your machine other than a browser.

[John Clonts]

"Dave Butler" > wrote in message news:1109171546.886451@sj-nntpcache-3...
> Jerry wrote:
>> I had similar problems with Golden Eagle and have deleted the program and went back to the Cirrus software.
>
> For text access: telnet direct.duats.com
>
> For point and click GUI: http://www.enflight.com (requires free registration)
>
> No need for any software installed on your machine other than a browser.

Enflight's flight planning is simply a front end to duats. He said he had seen duats and was "looking for
something else". (Don't know why though, I like duats and enflight.com just fine!)

Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ

[grubertm]

How about the free PocketFMS.com ?

[Dave Butler]

John Clonts wrote:

> Enflight's flight planning is simply a front end to duats. He said he had seen duats and was "looking for
> something else". (Don't know why though, I like duats and enflight.com just fine!)

OK, I thought he said he was using Golden Eagle and Cirrus, which are also
front-ends for DUAT, but require you to install crap on your computer.