fplan for Gentoo
I submitted an ebuild this afternoon for fplan, an open source program that is designed to help pilots plan cross country flights.
There isn’t an easy way to get your hands on any Canadian data (yet) so you have to manually create your own database, but once you do you it’s a pretty handy way to create planning sheets as such:
[dr@aero fplan-routes]$ fplan ybw-ydn.txt Speeds in knots; Distances in nautical miles +--------------------------------------------+----+-----+ |WAYPOINT IDENT FREQ| | FUEL| |CITY, ST TYPE ELEV|TOTD| ETA|------+----+----+-----+ |COMMENTS LAT LON (DD.MMSS)|REMD| ATA| WIND| TAS|DIST| ALT| +--------------------------------------------+----+-----> MC| EGS| ETE|FRATE| |Calgary/Springbank CYBW 118.20| | 50.0| MH| AGS| ATE|FUSED| |Calgary, AB Airport 3937| 0| |------+----+----+-----+ | 51.0611N 114.2228W| 550| | | 107| 371| | +--------------------------------------------+----+-----> 077| 107|3:28| 8.8| |Regina Intl CYQR 118.60| | 19.5| 077| | | 30.5| |Regina, AB Airport 1894| 371| 3:28|------+----+----+-----+ | 50.2555N 104.3957W| 180| | | 107| 180| | +--------------------------------------------+----+-----> 066| 107|1:41| 8.8| |Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker, V> CYDN 122.30| | 4.7| 066| | | 14.8| |Dauphin, MB Airport 998| 550| 5:09|------+----+----+-----+ | 51.0603N 100.0309W| 0| | +--------------------------------------------+----+-----+
If you want to use fplan in Canada, I have compiled a small list of airports and navigation aids in western Canada that you are welcome to.
Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:42 Posted in Flying
