Like the app?
If you like the app, when a new update appears in the App Store, go and rate the new version. […]
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Extend Battery Life
To extend your battery life when flight planning, disable the moving map (which will turn off the GPS). Tap ‘Settings’, […]
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Cancel Direct-To Navigation
In moving map mode, tapping the data labels that overlay the map will cancel direct-to navigation.
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Southport Flying Club Information Session
We will be presenting AvPlan to the Southport Flying Club on Saturday 12th of May 2012 at 10am. We will […]
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AvPlan 1.7.1
AvPlan 1.7.1 is now available in the App Store. This release mainly features bug fixes to improve performance and stability.
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Delete a stored flight plan
An old stored flight plan can be deleted by swiping the row. Tap the delete button which appears and the […]
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Cancel SARTIME
An active SARTIME can be cancelled directly by AvPlan. Firstly, submit a flight plan or SARTIME notification with AvPlan. At […]
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Track Up Mode
To enable track up mode on the map, tap the map settings button and tap ‘Map Rotation’. With ‘track up’ […]
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AvPlan 1.7
AvPlan 1.7 is now available in the App Store. In this release we have added the following new features; SARTIME […]
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Enable AvSoft Cloud
AvSoft Cloud Services enable flight plans and aircraft details to be backed up and synchronised automatically across your various devices. […]
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Terrain!
AvPlan includes a terrain database which covers all of Australia at a resolution of approximately 1km square. A view of […]
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Connect to X Plane
Since version 1.6.1, AvPlan has included an interface to enable it to connect to X-Plane. Tap ‘Settings’, ‘User Settings’ and […]
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Search the AIP
Full text search is available for all documents in the ‘Text’ pane in the app. To search for a term; […]
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Tips EMail an aircraft
AvPlan can email complete aircraft models, which can be imported by other users on their devices. Tap ‘Settings’, ‘Aircraft Type […]
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Find a location
AvPlan now includes the ability to search for a location. Tap the En Route pane to go to a map, […]
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AvPlan 1.6.2
AvPlan 1.6.2 is now available from the App Store. This release adds; Users can exchange aircraft models via email. Maps […]
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Display table of contents for AIP
The table of contents for the AIP is available in AvPlan 1.6.1. Tap ‘Text’ and open a section of the […]
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AvPlan 1.6.1
After a long wait, and a bit of debate with the folks in App Review, we are pleased to announce […]
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Load the AvPlan user manual into iBooks
To load the AvPlan user manual into iBooks, on your iPad/iPhone, open Safari and open the user manual located at […]
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Lightning
We’re working on yet more innovative ways to display weather information to assist with preflight planning and inflight situation awareness. […]
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Aircraft colours
The aircraft icon changes colour depending on the state of the GPS signal; Black when location information is unavailable, or […]
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Delete an unwanted performance profile
To delete an unwanted performance profile, tap the aircraft icon under the flight plan, and then the aircraft. Swipe the […]
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Default aircraft
By default, AvPlan will use the last aircraft and flight rules used to create a new flight plan.
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Display a SIGMET
AvPlan will interpret and display current SIGMET’s as large orange areas on the map. To enable the SIGMET display, on […]
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NAIPS fields
Additional fields in a  NAIPS plan submission can be entered as follows; DLA/ – tap on the desired leg of […]
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Can not scroll map
With ‘Centre on location’ set on the map, you will find you cannot scroll around (zooming will still work). To […]
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Download an aircraft model
To download an aircraft model from the type database, Go to http://www.avplan-efb.com/wp/avplan/aircraft-model-database/ on your iPad or iPhone. Tap on a type and […]
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Keep it cool
Your iPad and iPhone will shut down if they get too hot. To ensure that your device remains available, do […]
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Automatic Backups
If you enter an email address and password into AvPlan (Tap Settings, User Details), the app will automatically backup your […]
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Print a blank plan
To print or send a blank plan form, tap ‘Planning’ and then ‘Print/Send’. With only ‘blank plan’ selected a blank […]
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Course prediction
On the En Route tab, the course prediction line shows the anticipated location in 2, 5 and 10 minutes based […]
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Current Leg View
AvPlan can show you your current leg information shown as data fields over the En Route pane. Tap the ‘Map […]
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Enter a user LSALT
A user lowest safe altitude can be entered for any leg in a flight plan. After calculating the correct altitude, […]
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Funny text when the radar button is pressed
When you tap the radar button on the En Route tab, the radar overlay is activated. A text bar appears […]
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Using a non-ICAO approved type
These days there are many IACO approved type designators – but occasionally you may need to submit a plan for […]
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Terrain Overlay
Coming soon to AvPlan will be a terrain overlay on all Airservices maps. This overlay will show areas of terrain […]
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Quickly access ERSA from the En Route page
To quickly locate ERSA information for a point on the map, tap the map on/near the point to bring  up […]
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User winds
When away from internet access, it may be necessary to manually add winds to a plan. Do do this place […]
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Delete old weather forecasts
By default, AvPlan saves all forecasts – to delete forecasts older than 7 days, go to the weather pane, tap […]
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Disable automatic weather downloads
AvPlan users have the option to disable automatic weather downloads as a flight plan is created. Open the ‘Settings’ app, […]
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Open a new map
Tap (and hold if in fly mode) on the En Route page will bring up the ‘Select Nearest’ window. The […]
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Is a SIGMET active?
The red exclamation mark on the Weather tab indicates a SIGMET is active in the current forecast. This can be […]
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Quickly find an approach plate
To access an approach plate for a leg in your flight plan, tap on the row of the plan. The […]
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Copy an aircraft type
To copy an aircraft type, tap ‘Settings’ then ‘Aircraft Type Database’. Tap ‘Edit’ and select the aircraft type to be […]
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Track direct to a leg in your plan
To track direct to a leg in your current plan, tap and hold on that leg in the flight plan. […]
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Cancel weather download
At times of bad network connectivity, downloading weather forecasts can be slow. To cancel a weather forecast download in progress, […]
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Clear a flight plan for reuse
To clear all details from a flight plan so it can be reused, tap the edit button on the bottom […]
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Cancel Direct-To Navigation
To resume tracking via your flight plan after flying in ‘Direct To’ mode, tap and hold on the appropriate leg […]
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Track Direct-To A Point Not In Your Plan
To track direct to a point which is not in your plan, tap and hold the map near the location […]
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Display a METAR
AvPlan will overlay METAR’s on the maps and colour code them depending on the actual conditions. Tap the map […]
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Night flying
When flying at night, fully dim the iPad using the iPads brightness control and then further adjust it with the […]
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Move a flight plan leg
To move a flight plan leg, tap and hold on the waypoint on the map until the blue ring appears […]
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Quickly delete a flight plan leg
To quickly delete a flight plan leg, tap and hold on a the leg to be deleted. From the menu […]
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Insert a waypoint in a plan using the map
Often it is necessary to insert a point on a map into a leg of a plan. For example, to […]
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AvPlan 1.6
We are extremely excited to announce that AvPlan 1.6 is now available. This is the first version to support the […]
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Welcome
Welcome to the AvPlan tip of the day! Check back here each day, or subscribe to our tips via email […]
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January Update – AvPlan for iPhone
We hope you all had a very merry Christmas and have a happy and successful 2012. We have been busy […]
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AvPlan 1.5.4
AvPlan 1.5.4 is now available via the Apple App Store. This release includes the following new features; Direct to navigation […]
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Just in time for Christmas
Hi Folks We are slowing down as the holiday season approaches, and putting the final touches on what will be […]
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AvPlan 1.5.3
AvPlan 1.5.3 is now available via the Apple App Store. This release includes a bunch of new features; Added Sunrise/Sunset […]
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AvPlan 1.5.2
AvPlan 1.5.1 is now available in the App Store. In this release we have added SIGMET and METAR overlays over […]
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METAR and SIGMET overlays
To assist with situation awareness we have added two new map  overlays in the upcoming 1.5.2 release; The METAR overlays […]
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AvPlan 1.5.1
AvPlan 1.5.1 has been approved and is now available via the Apple App Store. AvPlan1.5.1 adds the following new features […]
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November Data Update
The finishing touches are going on the November 2011 data update which is valid from 17 November. Expect to see […]
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AvPlan 1.5
Apple have reviewed the latest AvPlan update (1.5) in less than 12 hours, and it is now available via the […]
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AvPlan 1.4.1
AvPlan 1.4.1 has been released and is now available in the Apple App Store. In this release we have added […]
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AvPlan 1.4 has been approved and is now available in the Apple App Store. This release adds a few features […]
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Appearing in an AvPlan update shortly will be new Mega-Maps. These are a mosiac of AirServices charts showing an entire […]
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Send us your logs!
Hi ! We have put a lot of effort into improving the stability of AvPlan and want to make it […]
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AvPlan 1.3.1
AvPlan 1.3.1 has now been approved and is available in the Apple App Store. AvPlan 1.3.1 includes; The ability to […]
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AvPlan 1.3
Hi AvPlan 1.3 has been approved by Apple and is now available from the Apple App Store. This release includes […]
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AvPlan 1.2.1
AvPlan 1.2.1 has approved by Apple and is now available in the App Store. It contains a few exciting new […]
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AvPlan 1.2
AvPlan version 1.2 has been approved by Apple and is now available for download in the App Store. AvPlan 1.2 adds […]
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AvPlan 1.1.1
AvPlan 1.1.1 has now been approved and is in the app store. This fixes a few bugs; Fixes intermittent crash […]
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AvPlan is in the App Store
We are really excited to announce that AvPlan is now available in the Apple App Store. This is the culmination […]
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AvPlan Update
It has been a busy few weeks in AvPlan HQ. Apple finally approved version 1.0 for release late last week. […]
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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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Welcome to AvPlan
Welcome to the AvPlan website. Our vision is to produce iOS applications which simplify our aviation experiences. The AvPlan […]
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