ParaFlightBook

Version 1.8.039 with detailed flight analysis

ParaFlightBook becomes more appealing to test pilots. The barograms can now be zoomed, positioned and exported to CSV – all intuitively by doubleclick and mousewheel.

“Your browser is not supported by Google API”

Popups like this appeared recently in the map windows – even if the user claims to use Google Chrome! The reason is the internal use of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer control which sometimes isn’t liked very well by Google. Messages like these appeared in the past as well as the complete denial of map scripts. This…

Version 1.8.038 online

A minor update with improvements covering XCSoar/XCTrack as well as an enhanced flight split function has been released.

Version 1.8.37 online

The new version 1.8.037 detects airspace violations manually and during the flight import, also supporting batch mode.

No more KoboGlo based instruments from goFly

The smart GoFly instruments which added a sensitive vario a GPS a piezo speaker a fat battery to a Kobo eReader, all nicely fitted in a 3D housing and set up with XCSoar, TopHat or LK8000, aren’t available any more. The manufacurer says on his Website that the outdated base model KoboGlo is no longer…

Plan and analyse

ParaFlightBook includes several XC/FAI planning tools (like Tom Payne’s XC-Planner in 2 versions, one of them capable of delivering not only the waypoints but also the sectors as pseudo airspaces for older instruments). There is also an offline XC/FAI planner. The flight analysis is capable of looking for thermals in tracks and to track them…

Malware warning about PFB from Kaspersky Labs

We get frequent information about false alarms from Kaspersky antivirus software about our program, even blocking automatic updates. First things first: ParaFlightBook is not malware, and no other antivirus software has a problem here! To be safe you can always upload the executables to virustotal.com where more than 50 virus checkers run against it… Kaspersky offers…

How to buy

The good news: most of the functionality is for free (but you will get nag screens, and the log will delete everything exceeding 10 flights). You can purchase a full license (machine bound, optional including one of your USB sticks as a dongle) out of the program. The price ist only [justvar code=”pfb_single_license”]€ (incl. 19%…

Changelog ParaFlightBook Pro

(Click on version number for more information on older versions)

Instruments

ParaFlightBook is supporting numerous flight devices. Note that the grade of functionality depends on the hardware and interfaces. The list is increased continously together with the manufacturers. Model Flights read Wpt. IGC/KML Wpt. Airsp. Routes 1-Click Bräuniger IQ Competition/GPS manual IQ one/+ auto x IQ Basic / GPS auto x x x x x Competino/+…