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SkyDemon Plan Version History

This page details the changes made to the Plan product from one version to the next.

2.6.3
23 May 2013
NEW: Flight logs can now easily be backed up to, and pulled down from, the cloud
NEW: There is now a "download all in list" feature for the Plates window
2.6.2
19 April 2013
NEW: There is now a feature whereby all TAF/METAR can be downloaded at once for a large region
2.6.0
27 March 2013
NEW: ATS Routes mode introduced for an enhanced experience when flying along airways
NEW: Units for pressure and visibility are now changeable
NEW: It is now possible to hide all features below a certain altitude when planning
2.5.2
1 February 2013
There are no significant new features in this release
2.5.1
23 January 2013
IMPROVED: The appearance of the in-flight instruments has been brought in line with other SkyDemon products
2.5
21 December 2012
NEW: Georeferenced plates now have a plane icon by them, which can be touched to embed the plate into the map
NEW: Purchased plate products can now be downloaded in their entirety so they are always available offline
NEW: There is now a Home button, configurable in planning mode to take you back to your home airfield at a preferred map scale
NEW: Planning warnings about minimum safe altitude can now be suppressed
2.4.6
15 November 2012
No significant changes in this release.
2.4.5
4 November 2012
NEW: Personal thresholds for good VFR and marginal VFR can now be entered in the planning options, resulting in coloured icons on the map
NEW: Inspection of flight logs on the main map now uses dynamic detail reduction, so you can see more clearly the exact route flown even in circuits
NEW: The airspeed for a given power setting can be specified as TAS rather than IAS
NEW: Lateral empty centre of gravity arm can now be specified in the aircraft properties
IMPROVED: Map scale display is clearer and more concise
2.4.3
11 October 2012
NEW: SkyDemon 2 chart style introduced (is now the default)
NEW: User waypoints can now be saved to and loaded from the cloud
NEW: The default level for new routes can now be changed (per aircraft)
NEW: AvioPortolano chart style introduced (for Italian pilots)
NEW: Airspeed for cruise profiles can now be specified as either IAS or TAS
IMPROVED: Supplementary information configured on a flightplan form is now remembered each time the form is opened
FIX: Setting explicit dates for NOTAM filtering could sometimes result in disabled controls
2.4.2
29 August 2012
NEW: Multiple fuel tanks are now supported in aircraft configurations
NEW: Printing of the weight and balance calculations and graphs is now an option in the print centre
NEW: Lateral weight and balance is now supported for helicopter pilots
NEW: Sunrise and sunset times are now included in airfield static information
NEW: Manual start and stop of flight logging is now possible
NEW: Export to Garmin FPL format is now supported
2.4.1
18 July 2012
NEW: The PLOG can now be exported to HTML and CSV formats for use in other applications
NEW: A Position column can now be enabled in the PLOG to easily view the position of each waypoint
IMPROVED: The Direct To feature now allows searching for any waypoint type, including postcodes
IMPROVED: The printed PLOG has been enhanced with better waypoint depiction and larger waypoint font sizes
2.4
28 June 2012
NEW: Airfield plates are now distributed through SkyDemon, starting with national AIP plates with more to follow
NEW: Cloud storage facilitates easy sharing of routes and aircraft between devices
NEW: GlideSafe shows you how far you can glide in any direction (on by default when over water)
NEW: Postcode search enables searching by postcode (separate download of postcode databases required)
NEW: Enhanced map clipping controls make it easy to hide airspace above or below your position in flight
NEW: Helicopter, glider and microlight icons are now selectable for the aircraft
IMPROVED: Create Route window overhauled to make it easier to quickly create local and land-away routes
2.3.4
19 May 2012
NEW: Airspace areas are now merged so that the semisolid line is drawn only around the extremities of airspace of any classification
NEW: Date of flight is now added to the PLOG title
IMPROVED: All pieces of warning airspace are now highlighted in planning mode instead of just the first, when clicking a planning warning
FIX: NOTAM visibility is now togglable on the virtual radar in the same way as on the main map
FIX: Exiting the simulator while in instrument view could cause the map to fail to redraw
CHANGE: All charts are now transferred to a Mobile MD device during a sync, there is no longer a separate section for configuring which charts are installed on the device
2.3.2
23 March 2012
NEW: Vertical navigation introduced, both in the virtual radar and with alerts for climbs and descents
NEW: The simulated aircraft now climbs and descends to follow the vertical plan of the flight
IMPROVED: Many minor improvements to chart drawing, especially at extremes of zoom
IMPROVED: Airspace labelling is now more intelligent, showing vertical boundaries and avoiding label overlaps as appropriate
FIX: Some minor regressions introduced in the previous build have been addressed
CHANGE: The wind instrument graphical reading now rotates along with the map
2.3
28 February 2012
NEW: A new mapping engine makes chart drawing more responsive and allows animations and transitions
NEW: NOTAM Area Briefing has been added as an alternative option to the existing Narrow-Route Briefing
NEW: Fuel measurement units (litres, gallons, kilograms and pounds) can now be specified per aircraft
NEW: User waypoints can be selected as the start or destination for flights
NEW: Urban areas and trees can be toggled on and off in the mapping options
NEW: BlueDot introduced as a new type of user waypoint, intended primarily for glider turningpoints
IMPROVED: NOTAM highlighting has been enhanced to provide additional visual aids for geometry and coordinates in plain text
IMPROVED: Latitude and longitude can now be entered in decimal format, e.g. "51.2,-2.5"
CHANGED: The mapping options toolbar has been removed, its options now being available in the menu and main toolbar
FIX: Certain extensions emitted when saving GPX files could result in the files being unreadable in other software
FIX: SkyDemon Plan could operate in trial mode when navigating, even when a valid mobile license was held
2.2.1
19 September 2011
FIX: The frequencies for VORs selected to be shown as RNAV helpers could fail to be shown in the PLOG printout
IMPROVED: The virtual radar display now selectively displays the part of TAFs relevant to the flight time
2.2
28 July 2011
NEW: The altitude instrument can be switched between altitude and height display
FIX: A route terminating in a different FIR than the specified alternate could generate an extra EET entry in filed flightplans
CHANGE: GPX exported routes now always have a name attribute (sometimes empty) to help compatibility with other software
IMPROVED: There is now a hyperlink to the ICAO list of aircraft types wherever an opportunity to type an aircraft type arises
IMPROVED: Garmin export now includes more waypoint classes and prompts for the route name before exporting
2.1.2
3 June 2011
NEW: Zoom controls added to the print centre
NEW: More planning airspace warnings are now possible and options are exposed in the preferences window
IMPROVED: Enhanced graphical NOTAM depiction, showing interpreted coordinates in some cases and snapping to referenced airspace
FIX: Routes exported to Skymap devices could become corrupted
FIX: When loading a route an error could be generated while attempting to fetch weather information
FIX: Loading a previously saved route could result in waypoints not being recognised
2.1.1
6 May 2011
FIX: The runway information for specific airfields was being interpreted incorrectly in some circumstances
FIX: A bug in speed calculations could result in output being too high
2.1
7 April 2011
NEW: Airfield plate data has been significantly upgraded, with many more fields shown
NEW: Disused airfields are now part of charts
NEW: The hourly cost of running an aircraft can be specified, along with whether this includes fuel
NEW: Export of a single route to SkyDemon Mobile devices is now possible, along with disabling of automatic sync of all routes
FIX: It was possible to edit values in the Enroute Conditions window, and upon doing so an error could be triggered
2.0
10 February 2011
NEW: Global winds aloft are downloaded and used automatically, and are available for the next 24 hours and up to 15,000 feet
NEW: The new Print Centre feature enables advanced printing of route kits including plates, enroute charts, enroute features, briefing data and more
NEW: VFR Flightplans can now be created and electronically filed with a couple of clicks
NEW: Full flight performance modelling brings vertical navigation planning to SkyDemon, supporting enroute climbs and descents and more accurate timings
NEW: UK CAA VFR chart and SkyDemon chart style are now separately selectable, and German chart style introduced
NEW: The New Route functionality now displays a dialog allowing easy specification of a new route or the option to plan using the map
NEW: Flight logs can now be exported to GPX files
NEW: Offline Mode can be used to suppress SkyDemon from obtaining live briefing data
NEW: Sync functionality now handles registration, software upgrades and installation tasks
IMPROVED: All explicit file-based route import and export functionality has been moved into the Open and Save windows
IMPROVED: Alerts are no longer shown when transitioning from one part of a multipart system of airspace (for example a CTA) to another
IMPROVED: Once inside a multipart airspace system (for example a CTA) warnings will not be shown for other approaching parts of the system
IMPROVED: Multiple planning warnings can now be shown at once, and they are now interactive
1.4.4
9 November 2010
NEW: It is now possible to specify that airfields whose runway length is unknown are included in the Direct To window
IMPROVED: Many minor graphical chart rendering improvements
1.4.3
28 September 2010
No significant changes
1.4.2
16 September 2010
FIX: A regression in the previous build would result in an error when attempting to change the time of an old planned flight
1.4.1
15 September 2010
NEW: Weather data is now exported to SkyDemon Mobile during a sync operation
1.4
1 September 2010
NEW: Multiple alternative chart styles introduced: US Sectional VFR, French VFR
NEW: Identifier, category and symbol attributes added to user waypoints; new user waypoint manager window introduced
NEW: The planned date and time for a flight can now be set, leading to better NOTAM filtering
NEW: User waypoints can now be imported and exported via GPX files
NEW: Planning warnings appear in the flight details window
NEW: Flight log import from GPX file is now supported
NEW: Landing weight, full-fuel weight and empty-fuel weight are all now depicted in the weight and balance graph
NEW: Sync with an SD card containing SkyDemon Mobile files is now possible
NEW: Track instruments can be switched between true track and magnetic track
IMPROVED: The in-flight interface in SkyDemon Plan (for tablets and netbooks) is now consistent with that of SkyDemon Mobile
IMPROVED: NOTAM presentation for formation flights giving routing information
IMPROVED: Import of flight logs from Garmin Aera devices is now supported
IMPROVED: Enroute Features now scales better for flights conducted entirely over high ground
FIX: The MSA options for route planning are now exposed
1.3.2
5 July 2010
NEW: Weather icons are now drawn on the main map by airfields, representing TAF and METAR where available
NEW: Fuel measurement for aircraft can now be switched to weight rather than volume
NEW: Fuel remaining (estimated) can now be added to the PLOG columns
IMPROVED: All warning types are now configurable and have been tweaked so they appear much less often during normal flight
IMPROVED: When importing a route from a GPX file, waypoint positions are intelligently corrected if necessary
FIX: Importing flight logs from Garmin/Magellan devices could ignore the port configured in options and revert to USB
1.3.1
21 June 2010
NEW: NOTAM edges are now colour-coded to indicate the type of activity being notified; briefing window presentation improved
1.3
11 June 2010
NEW: Skymap devices are now supported for direct route export and log import
NEW: Garmin Aera devices are now supported for direct route export
NEW: Printing of TAF, METAR and NOTAM for the planned route is supported
NEW: Runway extended centreline plotting with glideslope introduced
NEW: Import of GPX routes is supported
IMPROVED: Airspace and obstruction warnings changed to be much more clear, audio alerts added
IMPROVED: 30-hour TAF validity dates are now presented in detail
IMPROVED: Direct To functionality now suggests the nearest airfields with relevant details
FIX: Flight logs produced by devices set to European locale could be invalid
FIX: Weekend view is now respected by the enroute features window as well as the main map
1.2
8 April 2010
NEW: GPS navigation facilities are now included in the desktop product, allowing for in-flight usage on netbooks and tablet PCs
NEW: Facilities are now included for graphically creating all types of custom SkyDemon air data, so you can create your own charts
NEW: Simulation mode allows you to fly an aircraft around with the keyboard, to test the SkyDemon navigation functionality
NEW: NOTAMs are saved to disk between sessions and are automatically reloaded if the briefing is less than 24 hours old
NEW: Bad weather warnings (criteria configurable in Preferences) are displayed on the main map for a quick idea of whether a flight may be impossible
NEW: Full airfield filtering (type and runway length) is now available for the main map
NEW: Airways can be toggled between airspace view, centreline view or hidden for each class of airspace
NEW: The Chart Manager now detects when a newer version of the SkyDemon software is available and prompts as necessary
NEW: A proxy server can now be specified for internet connectivity
NEW: The title displayed on generated plans can now be configured
CHANGE: The Data Manager is now called the Chart Manager
FIX: Garmin 695 units would previously not communicate with SkyDemon
FIX: Garmin units would previously not communicate with SkyDemon when SkyDemon was running on a 64bit operating system
FIX: Aerodrome ICAO identifiers were output to flightplan forms but they are not allowed
1.1
30 January 2010
NEW: Flight Log viewing functionality dramatically improved with side-on view and inspection of flight parameters at all stages of the flight
NEW: All downloading of air and terrain data is now done through SkyDemon itself, complete with easy automatic updates when needed
NEW: Export to RTE format is now supported, for easily transferring routes to SkyMap IIIc and similar devices
NEW: Export to ICAO Flight Plan is now supported, for easily filing a VFR flightplan on AFPEx or similar
NEW: Full sync capability with SkyDemon InFlight introduced, automatically exporting all routes and importing all flight logs
NEW: Track logs can now be imported from Garmin and Magellan devices and viewed and saved within SkyDemon
NEW: Various items on the PLOG are now customisable
NEW: The chart is now printable
NEW: NOTAMs downloaded in Plan are now automatically exported to InFlight during sync
FIX: Exception handling improved such that initialise-time exceptions are reported with full details
FIX: The URL to the Get Support page would be incorrect for licensed installations
FIX: The MSA for a leg could fail to be set correctly if the route altitude was planned above the MSA
FIX: A bug in terrain elevation calculation could result in mirrored data large distances apart
FIX: Zooming with the mouse wheel now zooms around the cursor position
FIX: TAFs and METARs would fail to be redrawn in their separate windows as the data was periodically refreshed
1.0
3 December 2009
First Release.
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