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To print or send a blank plan form, tap ‘Planning’ and then ‘Print/Send’. With only ‘blank plan’ selected a blank […]

On the En Route tab, the course prediction line shows the anticipated location in 2, 5 and 10 minutes based […]

AvPlan can show you your current leg information shown as data fields over the En Route pane. Tap the ‘Map […]

A user lowest safe altitude can be entered for any leg in a flight plan. After calculating the correct altitude, […]

When you tap the radar button on the En Route tab, the radar overlay is activated. A text bar appears […]

These days there are many IACO approved type designators – but occasionally you may need to submit a plan for […]

To quickly locate ERSA information for a point on the map, tap the map on/near the point to bring  up […]

When away from internet access, it may be necessary to manually add winds to a plan. Do do this place […]

By default, AvPlan saves all forecasts – to delete forecasts older than 7 days, go to the weather pane, tap […]

AvPlan users have the option to disable automatic weather downloads as a flight plan is created. Open the ‘Settings’ app, […]

Tap (and hold if in fly mode) on the En Route page will bring up the ‘Select Nearest’ window. The […]

The red exclamation mark on the Weather tab indicates a SIGMET is active in the current forecast. This can be […]

To access an approach plate for a leg in your flight plan, tap on the row of the plan. The […]

To copy an aircraft type, tap ‘Settings’ then ‘Aircraft Type Database’. Tap ‘Edit’ and select the aircraft type to be […]

To track direct to a leg in your current plan, tap and hold on that leg in the flight plan. […]

At times of bad network connectivity, downloading weather forecasts can be slow. To cancel a weather forecast download in progress, […]

To clear all details from a flight plan so it can be reused, tap the edit button on the bottom […]

To resume tracking via your flight plan after flying in ‘Direct To’ mode, tap and hold on the appropriate leg […]

To track direct to a point which is not in your plan, tap and hold the map near the location […]

  AvPlan will overlay METAR’s on the maps and colour code them depending on the actual conditions. Tap the map […]

When flying at night, fully dim the iPad using the iPads brightness control and then further adjust it with the […]

To move a flight plan leg, tap and hold on the waypoint on the map until the blue ring appears […]

To quickly delete a flight plan leg, tap and hold on a the leg to be deleted. From the menu […]

Often it is necessary to insert a point on a map into a leg of a plan. For example, to […]

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