Many pilots, and not only cross-country flight experts, now use XC Track, installed on their Android smartphone, to keep themselves informed about important data during the flight. One of the great strengths of XC Track is at the same time one of the great problems, namely that XC Track is very flexibly configurable. I would like to explain my concept for XC Track and how I configured my XC Track page layout in more detail in this article.
It is often the little tips that make pilots' lives easier. I would like to present three of these simple tips here. If I think of more tips in the future, I will post them here.
It has been known and discussed for a long time that a trimmed glider at best simply starts badly, but in the worst case it can even be life-threatening. But how can I check the trim of my glider myself?
With ThermiXC, Bernd Gassner has provided us paragliders with an excellent tool to plan longer distances. How I want to increase my efficiency in cross-country flying with the help of this website in combination with other sources such as books, YouTube videos, magazines, blogs, etc., I explain in this post.