Tools For Pilots vs Wings Toolbox for Pilots

Tools For Pilots is a small collection of tools. It is designed as an universal app with different iPhone and iPad interfaces. On the iPad landscape and portrait orientation are supported in split views. Wind Components - are displayed in a nice graphical layout - touch the runway designator to change the runway direction - touch the wind arrow to change the wind - main wind and gusts are shown absolute, as head/tail wind and as cross wind by wind arrows relativ to the runway RWY Report Decoding - the code is analyzed while typing, the keyboard will only allow exisiting codes - you can switch to Russian friction coefficients by touching the flag Cold Temperature Altitude Correction - save multiple pages for reusing - share your pages via airdrop, e-mail or saved files Climb Gradients - enter gradient, angle or feet per nm - create a list with distance and altitude and/or - create a list with groundspeed and vertical speed ICAO Delay Codes - the standard ICAO Delay Codes Airport Time Zones - coordinates, time zone, daylight saving time, day length, sunset and sunrise are shown - a map with the location of the airport can be displayed - time zone, sunrise and sunset are calculated by the app for any date - calculation is done off-line using a build-in database Metar and TAF Reports - can be requested for an editable airport list - 3 letter IATA or 4 letter ICAO code - requires online connection - time zone, sunrise and sunset are calculated by the app

Wings Toolbox is a must-have tool for all pilots. Helping you gain better situational awareness, by showing you information most relevant to you, right now. Features include: - Quickly find a suitable landing airfield in flight, get crucial details about it in an instant and be guided all the way to the most suitable runway. - Easily assess weather, and other situational factors on the ground to help determine if you should fly, using current weather data and your own personal minimums. - Have a backup of your main flight instrumentation, right in your pocket. - Simple weight and volume conversion tool, laid out in a visually memorable and intuitive way to help you memorise basic conversion math. - Get EASA updates and Sunny Swift episodes delivered directly to your pocket. On the ground: Toolbox shows you a barometer of the airfields around you, based on your own personal minimums. You can look closer at each of the nearby airfields to find out more about what the situation looks like, and specifically how it looks when compared to your own predefined minimums. In the air: If you find yourself in a situation where you need to land in a hurry, and you are looking to lighten the mental load, then Wings Toolbox can help you by making many of the important decisions a lot easier. At a glance you can see a list of nearby airfields, direction and ETA, based on your current location and speed. Once you have selected a location, then you are guided all the way down. A runway is suggested for you, crosswind is calculated, and you get all the important details about the airfield, as well as the situation on the ground compared to your predefined personal minimums. In the event you lose one or more of your instruments mid-flight, Wings Toolbox includes a backup of your main instrumentation. If you need to focus on a single instrument, simply tap it and it will fill the screen. Stay Informed: Safety in aviation is important to us, which is why we want to bring you all of the latest news from EASA as well as their popular safety comic "Sunny Swift". Get updates delivered directly through the Wings Toolbox app.