Using ForeFlights Best Features
Outline:
What subscription plan is best - Performance Plus?
Setting up an airplane profile.
Creating a flight plan and modifying waypoints.
Sharing a flight plan with someone on another ForeFlight device.
Importing your own documents using ForeFlight Documents - Web only.
Linking CFI Essentials Dropbox to ForeFlight Documents - Web only.
Annotation tools in ForeFlight Documents.
Getting a weather briefing - From the FPL Edit section.
Using Hazard Advisor - Setting a new corridor width.
Using Profile View - Overview of all features:
Terrain and obstacles.
Multiple Top of Climbs - Note: Default altitude should be for the first leg, not the highest of the trip, or Cross At won’t function correctly.
Scrubbing on profile view.
Turning on Layers - Airspace, Clouds, Icing, Turbulence.
Flying your flight plan in 3D view.
Departure and arrival airport in 3D View.
Wind Speeds - Global winds at various altitudes. Located in Layers in Map View.
Synthetic Vision - Integration of Sentry.
Internet Traffic - Layers in Map View, also in 3D airport view.
Teaching Class G and E using ForeFlight Maps View.
Why I like the Aeronautical Chart Option Better - Terrain, uncluttered the map.
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