Annotations

(ForeFlight USA Pro and ForeFlight Canada feature)

Annotations is a feature that allows you to add your own full-color annotations to Approach plates, SIDs, STARs, Airport Diagrams and PDF Documents. This can be useful for highlighting important elements such as crossing altitudes or taxi instructions, or adding notes to your PDF documents. Here is a video that shows annotations in action:

Annotations requires a ForeFlight USA Pro or ForeFlight Canada subscription, available for $149.99/year for each service. To upgrade, visit www.foreflight.com/buy. Just make sure to enter the same email you used to purchase your original ForeFlight subscription and you’ll receive pro-rated credit for your upgrade.

In addition to annotations, upgrading to ForeFlight USA Pro gives you:

• Hazard advisor: A terrain-based map, colored red or yellow based on terrain height relative to aircraft position (note: minimum hardware for this feature is iPad 2/iPhone 4).
• Geo-referenced approaches and airport diagrams: For greater situational awareness, see your aircraft position overlaid on approach plates and airport diagrams.
• Plates on maps: View approach plates overlaid onto the maps view, along with hazards and weather in one seamless view.
• Shared documents from the cloud via Dropbox: Link your Dropbox account to share documents with members of your crew.
• Flight alerts for expected route updates: Real-time push notifications when expected route information is released from ATC.

One more thing to mention is that annotations does require iOS 6 or higher.

Civil Air Patrol, Search And Rescue

(ForeFlight USA Standard/Pro and Canada feature)

Our goal was to make search and rescue planning easier and more productive—and we are very pleased with the response so far. These features are available to all customers running ForeFlight Mobile on an iPad. Here is a video that illustrates how the new search and rescue features work:

We have created a separate Pilot’s Guide supplement for these features titled Search And Rescue in ForeFlight Mobile. The Supplement is available in the Documents catalog on the iPad. Go to Documents > Catalog > ForeFlight. Be sure to download this document in addition to the 5.4 update to the Pilot’s Guide.

Video tip library

We know you love learning about ForeFlight capabilities through videos and so we are actively expanding our library. More of these bite-sized videos that focus on specific features are heading your way. In the meantime, impress your friends with what you learn from these latest how-to’s:

ForeFlight is hiring

To help support ForeFlight's continued strong growth, we are looking for Software Developers and Sales Team members. These opportunities are in our Houston, Texas and Austin, Texas offices.

Visit our jobs page for more information and instructions on how to apply.

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As always, our Fanatical Pilot Support Team is on frequency and ready to help when needed. Contact us any time at team@foreflight.com.

Happy Flying!