Another Step Closer To Launch

The latest release has a number of changes, the biggest of which is the ability to calculate weight and balance. Using World Flight Planner you can now easily add and edit the W&B entries for your aircraft and then determine the total weight, centre of gravity and moment for any aircraft configuration. The way you organize your W&B entries is completely flexible; in the sample image we’ve ground the second row passengers into a single line but you could also split it into individual entries for each passenger.


We’ve also made some changes to the back end that should speed up your experience, including flight planning and browsing the terrain layer on the map. Finally, we’ve added a bunch more help content.
Look for our launch announcement in the coming weeks.

0.9.7 Brings More Improvements!

Just released another version tonight. This one brings some more improvements!

  • Canadian weather radar is now animated. The last hour of radar returns are displayed, which will help you determine what the weather is actually doing.
  • Terrain clearance added to the route map. The new ‘Terrain Clearance’ overlay on the map will help with terrain avoidance, highlighting any terrain within 100 feet (red) or 1000 feet (yellow) of your chosen altitude.
  • More Help. We’ve improved the content within our help pages.
  • Improved security. Sensitive transactions, such as logging in, now happen over HTTPS

Here’s a look at the Terrain Clearance layer:

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There are many more changes as well, for a full list, check out the change log.