Flying with my iPhone

by Sebastien Heintz

Dec 29, 2008

One of my favorite applications on my iPhone is Trailguru, which I started using to track my bicycle rides. It's also a fun and simple way to track my flights.

Here's a summary of my flight this morning in the STOL CH 750.

Besides the mapping, it provides a quick overview of the elevation and speed:

Here's the website that logs the flight info: http://www.trailguru.com/wiki/index.php/Track:35J4 There are other fun (and sometimes useful) applications for the iPhone for pilots. I like the live weather reports, though I haven't had much luck accessing these inflight... Let me know what iPhone applications you use while (or before) flying...
Load Previous Comments

  • Tim Garrett

    Sebastien - I've been using trailguru the last few days. It works just as you say and is good up to 10,000 ft! I'm trying to figure out how to download the tracks into an Excel spreadsheet to do some additional "flight test" analysis.

    Also, do you know of an App to run Excel spreadsheets on the iphone? I have a weight & balance sheet I'd like to run.

    Aug 16, 2009

  • Sebastien Heintz

    Tim: QuickOffice works well with Excel spreadsheets. You can export the tracks data from trailguru as a GPX file...

    Aug 20, 2009

  • Alex Roca

    Tim....check this website.

    http://www.foreflight.com/ipad

    This app work great for an iPad and iPhone. I was looking for a portable GPS as backup and for the price of an iPad and Foreflight.... It beats anything I have seen in the market....plus the added bonus of a full in flight entertainment system (for the passengers.... ). I fly with it all the time. You can plan your flight, do a complete weather briefing ...file your flight plan... See satellite pics, radar, temps, winds aloft, TAFS, METARS, see fuel prices at different airports. All IFR enroute low, high charts, Sectionals, approach and departure procedures are downloaded automatically for only $74 per year... Just does not get better than this.... Only negative about it is the glare.... But I can live with it..one just need to set it at the right angle. I have posted a video where I am flying to Port Aransas and I show the iPad in action ...

    Dec 8, 2010