iFly GPS Forum

Hi Shane,

Sorry for the slow response. I have been traveling.

Re profiles, one vendor I know of has set up a library where users can contribute and share airplane profiles. I would never use someone else's data without checking it, but it is a PITA to enter W&B envelopes, etc. so I am glad to use other people's work as a starting point to edit for my own profiles. Think plain text files. You guys appear to be trying to develop a user community with the forums, etc. A user profile library could be part of that.

Re target market for multiple profiles/user, it's not just schools and instructors. I fly a half-dozen club planes, a half-dozen CAP airplanes, and a few strays owned by friends or companies I work with. So .. club members, CAP members, ... are also targets.

Re fltplan.com you did not comment. Maybe you guys have already looked into this and rejected it or been turned down, but I think the relationship could be very symbiotic. What they do, you don't do, and vice versa, so the existence of a relationship could benefit both organizations. Probably the critical question is whether fltplan.com is interested in adding a bunch of bugsmasher drivers to their user base.

OK. My Garmin Pilot has expired and I'm not renewing it. I'll sign with you guys when my trial/beta runs out.

I went with GP a year ago thinking that they would quickly consolidate their postion as the leader on the Android platform by updating their app to match the iThings GP. Instead they have given me nothing of value and appear to have no interest in doing anything but harvesting the revenue they now receive from Android users.

iFly, in contrast, is investing and improving. Yes, it may not match GP in all features but the direction is clearly to increase competitiveness and to lead where possible. That's worth supporting. The fact that I like the UI better and that iFly does not lock users into a proprietary ADS-B box are additional plusses.

I'm looking forward to the ride!