Every pilot who wants to take part in air traffic is obliged to call up the current NOTAMs as part of their personal briefing before the flight. Paragliders tend to neglect this, but of course this obligation also applies to us, at least if you want to go on a flight. But what options are there for retrieving NOTAMs and what do you need to bear in mind? What are the advantages and disadvantages of these methods?
This is the 3rd part with tips that make everyday piloting easier.
Nothing is so good that it can't be improved - a realisation that also applies to the suspension of my 360°Actioncam.
This is the 2nd part with tips that make everyday piloting easier.
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.