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Cold-air Damming Event East of Appalachians

The new color-enhanced satellite layer in the ForeFlight Mobile app typically provides an excellent representation of the overall cloud cover.  This morning, however, it wasn’t telling the whole story...

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Bulletin: December 11 Data Updates

Data updates are now available to download for the December 11, 2014 – January 8, 2015 period: Airport and Navigation Database ForeFlight Airport Diagrams North American Obstacles From the FAA: VFR...

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PIREPs: Not Just For Pilots

Pilot weather reports or more simply PIREPs are not just a private conversation between you and a Flight Watch specialist – they are a broadcast to the world. As such, PIREPs are not only consumed by...

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ForeFlight Synthetic Vision is Coming

We are excited to unveil our visually stunning, high performance synthetic vision platform for ForeFlight Mobile. With features like luminous terrain, night sky, FAA styled runway numbers, and a...

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ForeFlight Mobile Expands Forecast Weather Guidance with MOS

What is MOS?  No, it’s not that green stuff that may grow in your garden. But you will find MOS in the latest release of ForeFlight Mobile. MOS stands for Model Output Statistics. As the name suggests,...

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Synthetic Vision Advances ForeFlight Mobile’s Hazard Awareness Platform

Features like luminous terrain, night sky, hands-free declutter, and a brilliant obstacle awareness system make ForeFlight Synthetic Vision a visually stunning and high-performance hazard awareness...

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Synthetic Vision and Forecast Weather Guidance with MOS in ForeFlight Mobile 6.6

ForeFlight Mobile 6.6 is now available for download on the app store. Synthetic Vision Advances ForeFlight Mobile’s Hazard Awareness Platform We are thrilled to announce that Synthetic Vision is now...

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Bulletin: January 8 Data Updates

Data updates are now available to download for the January 8, 2015 – February 5, 2015 and January 8, 2015 – March 5, 2015 periods: Airport and Navigation Database ForeFlight Airport Diagrams North...

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We’ve refined the Internet radar color bar

Of all of the weather layers available on the ForeFlight Maps view, the radar mosaic is likely the most frequently viewed. With such a high glance value, even the most inexperienced pilot can quickly...

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Automatically Pack Weather and NOTAMs in ForeFlight Mobile version 6.6.1

ForeFlight Mobile’s Pack feature simplifies your pre-flight preparation and enhances your safety by ensuring that you have all of the current charts, data, NOTAMS, fuel prices, and the latest...

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Automated Reports of Blowing Snow in a Blizzard

In a bona fide blizzard you would certainly expect to see a fair amount of blowing snow, right? Well, take a look at the conditions for these three airports at the height of the nor’easter that...

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Bulletin: February 5 Data Updates

Data updates are now available to download for the February 5, 2015 – March 5, 2015 period: Airport and Navigation Database ForeFlight Airport Diagrams North American Obstacles From the FAA: VFR Charts...

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How To Use ForeFlight Mobile and Dynon SkyView Wi-Fi Connectivity

We are delighted to announce an integration with Dynon Avionics to bring you secure Wi-Fi connectivity between ForeFlight Mobile on the iPad and iPhone and the SkyView glass panel avionics system. This...

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ForeFlight Mobile Connectivity with Dynon SkyView, ScratchPad Upgrade,...

With ForeFlight Mobile 6.7 we are excited to announce wireless connectivity between ForeFlight Mobile and the Dynon Avionics SkyView system. The integration with Dynon expands our ForeFlight Connect...

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Flight Rules Thrown Out of the ForeFlight Mobile App

No, we didn’t convince the FAA to change the regulations; however, in ForeFlight Mobile we’ve stopped using the term Flight Rules when referring to weather conditions for an airport. Flight Rules has...

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MOS Forecast Extends Now To 3 Days

Back in December we announced a new forecast tool in ForeFlight Mobile called Model Output Statistics or MOS. A TAF-like forecast, MOS provides site-specific weather guidance to pilots for hundreds of...

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Bulletin: March 5 Data Updates

Data updates are now available to download for the March 5, 2015 – April 2, 2015 and March 5, 2015 – April 30, 2015 periods: Airport and Navigation Database ForeFlight Airport Diagrams North American...

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Icing and Turbulence Products Now Approved for Operational Decisions

If you have ever used the Current and Forecast Icing Products (CIP and FIP) or the Graphical Turbulence Guidance (GTG) product available in ForeFlight or on the Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS)...

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Faster, Better Auto-router Now Available and DUATS service deprecated

Last night we released an update to our airway routing suggestion in Route Advisor by replacing our previous route provider, DUATS, with our integration partner Lockheed Martin. This enhancement brings...

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ForeFlight MOS is Now Booming

As icing AIRMETs begin to morph into convective SIGMETs, you’ll be happy to know that ForeFlight Mobile is ready for the upcoming convective season with some enhancements to its Model Output Statistics...

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