New flight calculations in Version 1.8.040

The calculation of peak values (ascent, descent, groundspeed) in flights has become thoroughly changed. These values are now averaged in a 4 second window around each trackpoint instead of simply integrating the previous ones. The new calculation also omits trackpoints outside manual borders, and it distinguishes high velocities in a limited area (like i.e. within…

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“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…

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Version 1.8.038 online

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

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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…

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Flight replay

Version 1.8.040 will integrate the web based service Doarama. Connected to the internet a click on a flight uploads and replays it in a stunning realistic view.

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