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Happy 7th Birthday, AvPlan EFB

Today AvPlan EFB turns seven! On the 10th of August 2011 we had our first release approved by Apple and […]

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There are more to winds that meets the eye

In November 2017 Australian aviation went through the first major change in forecasting in many years with the introduction of […]

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Satellite Map – AvPlan EFB 7.6

AvPlan EFB 7.6 AvPlan EFB 7.6 is now available in the App Store as a free update for all users. […]

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Infrastructure upgrades

This weekend the AvPlan EFB devops team completed a major upgrade to the supporting computing infrastructure that powers AvPlan EFB. Over […]

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AvPlan EFB Data Updates, 12 November 2015

Data updates for AvPlan EFB valid from the 12 of November 2015 are now available for download. For US users […]

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AvPlan EFB 5.3

AvPlan EFB 5.3 is now available from the Apple App Store as a free update for all users. AvPlan EFB […]

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Aces High for AvPlan EFB and Paul Bennet Airshows

The team at AvPlan EFB is excited to announce their partnership with Paul Bennet Airshows. “We’re proud that we can […]

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AvPlan EFB comes to Apple Watch

We have been hard at work in the back rooms preparing AvPlan EFB for Apple Watch. We have taken the […]

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SARTIMEs

AvPlan EFB goes to great lengths to ensure that you don’t forget to cancel your SARTIME. When you submit your […]

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Australian Bonanza Society BPPP – Narromine

This weekend I spent time with the Australian Bonanza Society at their biennial BPPP (Bonanza Pilot Proficiency Program) at Narromine […]

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Australian Grand Prix TRA

The TRA for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park Lake is now active.   Users of AvPlan EFB will […]

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Jeppesen FliteDeck

One of our big new features in AvPlan EFB 5.0 is the integration with Jeppesen FliteDeck. With this, you can […]

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LSALT Calculator

AvPlan EFB 5.0 includes a LSALT calculator to assist you calculating RNP2 based lowest safe altitudes. To display the RNP2 […]

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AvPlan EFB 5.0

AvPlan EFB 5.0 is our largest single release so far since the launch of AvPlan back in August 2011. In […]

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Data Updates Valid from March 5th 2015

Data updates valid from the 5th of March are now available for download. For US users, the sectional, enroute, AFD […]

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AvPlan EFB : Avalon Airshow – Civil Innovation Award Winner

We are extremely proud to announce that we have been awarded a major innovation award at the 2015 Australian International […]

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25 years and (not) counting

Today marks a pretty significant milestone in my life. Today, 25 years ago I had my first flying lesson. December […]

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AvPlan 3.3.1

AvPlan 3.3.1 is now available in the App Store. In this release we have fixed a few issues with aircraft […]

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NAIPS Account Issues

Around a year ago we transitioned into the new NAIPS environment (when all your NAIPS passwords changed). It appears though, […]

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AvSoft Australia is born!

Today we are extremely excited to announce the formation of AvSoft Australia Pty Ltd which is a joint venture between […]

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How to clear a flight plan

If you have submitted a flight plan and want to reuse it, tap the edit button at the bottom left […]

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What is flight planning?

I’ve been flying for 22 years now. When I started training I would trundle down to the briefing office at […]

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Buttons on the map

There are now two buttons at the bottom left hand side of the map. The left button toggles locking the […]

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Delays delays

AvPlan 2.0 was rejected again early this morning – All the issues stem from Apple’s insistence we change from auto-renewing […]

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Disable Variable Fuel Reserve

Variable fuel reserves can be enabled or disabled on an aircraft by aircraft basis. Tap the aircraft symbol under the […]

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Cancel direct-to

To cancel direct-to navigation, activate the appropriate leg in your plan. Tap and hold on the waypoint and a list […]

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My Flights

We have launched a new area on our website, My Flights. Here you can view your flight plans online, and […]

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AvPlan 1.1

The approval process for AvPlan 1.0 is still in progress with Apple. This however has not stopped work on AvPlan […]

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AvPlan 1.0 Submitted

We have re-submitted AvPlan 1.0 to the Apple App Store for review. After initial rejection on some fine print points […]

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AvSoft Store Now Open

With recent changes to the contractual fine print around subscriptions in the App Store we can now offer direct subscription […]

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AvPlan for iPhone

The development effort for AvPlan for iPhone is rapidly coming to a conclusion, and it appears that the first release […]

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First release submitted

AvPlan 1.0 has now been submitted for review to the Apple App store. We are looking forward to their review […]

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New Radar Overlay

We have added animated weather radar data to AvPlan. An hour’s radar data is displayed on all map types (WAC, […]

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Beta Update

We have been getting some great feedback from our beta testers. We have introduced some updated user interface elements and […]

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Printing

Printing support via AirPrint has been added to AvPlan. Wirelessly from your device AvPlan will print your flight plan in […]

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BOM Radars

The ability to display current routing on BoM radar images as now been added to AvPlan. The current route and […]

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Beta Testing

Good news everyone! Beta testing has begun. At this stage we are looking for feedback on the user interface, the […]

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User Interface

We have been putting in a bit of effort designing a user interface on the app which simple to understand […]

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Today AvPlan EFB turns seven! On the 10th of August 2011 we had our first release approved by Apple and […]

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In November 2017 Australian aviation went through the first major change in forecasting in many years with the introduction of […]

Read More

AvPlan EFB 7.6 AvPlan EFB 7.6 is now available in the App Store as a free update for all users. […]

Read More

This weekend the AvPlan EFB devops team completed a major upgrade to the supporting computing infrastructure that powers AvPlan EFB. Over […]

Read More

Data updates for AvPlan EFB valid from the 12 of November 2015 are now available for download. For US users […]

Read More

AvPlan EFB 5.3 is now available from the Apple App Store as a free update for all users. AvPlan EFB […]

Read More

The team at AvPlan EFB is excited to announce their partnership with Paul Bennet Airshows. “We’re proud that we can […]

Read More

We have been hard at work in the back rooms preparing AvPlan EFB for Apple Watch. We have taken the […]

Read More

AvPlan EFB goes to great lengths to ensure that you don’t forget to cancel your SARTIME. When you submit your […]

Read More

This weekend I spent time with the Australian Bonanza Society at their biennial BPPP (Bonanza Pilot Proficiency Program) at Narromine […]

Read More

The TRA for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park Lake is now active.   Users of AvPlan EFB will […]

Read More

One of our big new features in AvPlan EFB 5.0 is the integration with Jeppesen FliteDeck. With this, you can […]

Read More

AvPlan EFB 5.0 includes a LSALT calculator to assist you calculating RNP2 based lowest safe altitudes. To display the RNP2 […]

Read More

AvPlan EFB 5.0 is our largest single release so far since the launch of AvPlan back in August 2011. In […]

Read More

Data updates valid from the 5th of March are now available for download. For US users, the sectional, enroute, AFD […]

Read More

We are extremely proud to announce that we have been awarded a major innovation award at the 2015 Australian International […]

Read More

Today marks a pretty significant milestone in my life. Today, 25 years ago I had my first flying lesson. December […]

Read More

AvPlan 3.3.1 is now available in the App Store. In this release we have fixed a few issues with aircraft […]

Read More

Around a year ago we transitioned into the new NAIPS environment (when all your NAIPS passwords changed). It appears though, […]

Read More

Today we are extremely excited to announce the formation of AvSoft Australia Pty Ltd which is a joint venture between […]

Read More

If you have submitted a flight plan and want to reuse it, tap the edit button at the bottom left […]

Read More

I’ve been flying for 22 years now. When I started training I would trundle down to the briefing office at […]

Read More

There are now two buttons at the bottom left hand side of the map. The left button toggles locking the […]

Read More

AvPlan 2.0 was rejected again early this morning – All the issues stem from Apple’s insistence we change from auto-renewing […]

Read More

Variable fuel reserves can be enabled or disabled on an aircraft by aircraft basis. Tap the aircraft symbol under the […]

Read More

To cancel direct-to navigation, activate the appropriate leg in your plan. Tap and hold on the waypoint and a list […]

Read More

We have launched a new area on our website, My Flights. Here you can view your flight plans online, and […]

Read More
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The approval process for AvPlan 1.0 is still in progress with Apple. This however has not stopped work on AvPlan […]

Read More

We have re-submitted AvPlan 1.0 to the Apple App Store for review. After initial rejection on some fine print points […]

Read More

With recent changes to the contractual fine print around subscriptions in the App Store we can now offer direct subscription […]

Read More

The development effort for AvPlan for iPhone is rapidly coming to a conclusion, and it appears that the first release […]

Read More

AvPlan 1.0 has now been submitted for review to the Apple App store. We are looking forward to their review […]

Read More

We have added animated weather radar data to AvPlan. An hour’s radar data is displayed on all map types (WAC, […]

Read More

We have been getting some great feedback from our beta testers. We have introduced some updated user interface elements and […]

Read More

Printing support via AirPrint has been added to AvPlan. Wirelessly from your device AvPlan will print your flight plan in […]

Read More

The ability to display current routing on BoM radar images as now been added to AvPlan. The current route and […]

Read More

Good news everyone! Beta testing has begun. At this stage we are looking for feedback on the user interface, the […]

Read More

We have been putting in a bit of effort designing a user interface on the app which simple to understand […]

Read More