perfect PDA for pilots?

I have the Palm VIIx, which I got specifically for flying. I have CBAV on it
and download weather radar from the internet. It's not live, but even half
hour old radar is a good ajunct to what is available by radio.

Now that I have it, I also have CoPilot on it, and use it for regular palm
stuff.

Jose


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Many soaring pilots use the IPaq PDAs with GPS data feed from a GPS data
logger, and Soaring software such as WinPilot that has moving map, airspace,
air ports and computes real time glide ratio, speed to fly, and help solve
the all important, "Can I reach that next landable area from here with this
altitude?" question.

BT

"Patrick Kormann" wrote in message
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Hi!

I wonder if it's possible to say what PDA would be best for pilots? On
what platform is the most valuable Software available? (Pocket Windows,
Palm?)
For car navigation, there is good software (with bluetooth GPS) - is
there something similar for aviation?
By the way - Pocket Windows exists for several different hardware
brands/cpus. Is there some emulation layer in pocket windows or do you
need each software to be compiled especially for the target system?

regards

Patrick
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It sounds like you might be jumping too far ahead. However, you might want
to take a look at www.palmflying.com and www.gpspassion.com.

As far as Paul Tomblin's highly biased opinion on Palm using CoPilot, I
think that his bias is justified.

John Bell
www.cockpitgps.com


"Patrick Kormann" wrote in message
...
Hi!

I wonder if it's possible to say what PDA would be best for pilots? On
what platform is the most valuable Software available? (Pocket Windows,
Palm?)
For car navigation, there is good software (with bluetooth GPS) - is
there something similar for aviation?
By the way - Pocket Windows exists for several different hardware
brands/cpus. Is there some emulation layer in pocket windows or do you
need each software to be compiled especially for the target system?

regards

Patrick
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http://www.sirdir.ch

Also, do not discount the simplicity and robustness of a stand alone GPS,
even a non aviation version. Use it as a tool to learn how to navigate as
opposed to being a shortcut to avoid learning to navigate.

John Bell

Don't let the Palm geeks mislead you ;-) The best set-up going is an iPAQ
running AnywhereMap. The screen is the brightest available and the software the
most comprehensive for a PDA. You won't be disappointed.

-J

Patrick,

For car navigation, there is good software (with bluetooth GPS) - is
there something similar for aviation?

Yes. Several vendors for PocketPC. One of the most popular in the US is
ControlVision's Anywhere Map. One of the most cost-efficient may be
www.pocketfms.com. If you are from Europe, pocketfms is REALLY
attractive both for flight planning on the PC and the PocketPC and for
moving map display on a PocketPC.

By the way - Pocket Windows exists for several different hardware
brands/cpu


Uh, "Pocket Windows" doesn't exist at all, really. The PocketPC
platform in its current version uses Windows Mobile 2003.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)