Flying in France – there’s an app for that

I’ve been checking out some iPhone and iPad flying apps recently. Flying In France is a great app for English-speaking pilots who want to fly to France. It gives you all the information you need right on your iPhone. It’s all in English too. It costs $5.99 from the iTunes store.

Quick look-up for NOTAMs, weather and air force activity is very helpful. You can also pull up AIP pages for airfields. There’s a useful listing of on-airport restaurants, with a searchable map and phone numbers for each restaurant. Perhaps the most useful feature is the ability to file VFR flight plans from your iPhone directly to the Olivia system.

Personally, I prefer RocketRoute for IFR flight plans and SkyDemon for VFR planning in the UK. However, if I flew in and around France more often, I would definitely use Flying In France.