Приложения разработчика Rick Lettow в Android Market

Cross Wind Assistant (v. 1.5.1)

Rick Lettow опубликовал приложение 2013-01-23
(обновлено 2013-01-23)

Cross Wind Component Assistant is designed as a training tool for Flight Instructors and Student Pilots or Low Time Pilots.  The app has a database of over 21,900 airports and 26,600 runways worldwide.  It integrates with over 4800 online METAR stations across the globe and provides cross wind component calculations for all runway directions automatically.  The Cross Wind Component Assistant is easy to use and will help Pilots visualize wind conditions during the takeoff and landing phases of flight.  If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, this is it.  Flight Instructors and Flight Schools could use the App to help students quickly understand the go/no-go decision on a windy day.

Features

Quickly determines the closest airport and preferred runway direction for landing utilizing GPS and Cellular Network position.
Overlay a nearby METAR station onto an airport without local weather.
Show or hide private airports by preference.
Nearby METAR stations listing is updated when you change airport in view.  
Manually enter wind speed and direction for offline use.
Updates METAR from Internet using WiFi or Cellular Networks on supported devices.
Uses caching to reduce data usage and improve app performance.

Improvement suggestions are always welcome.