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== Links == | == Links == | ||
=== Tools === | === Open Source Tools === | ||
There are a couple of useful tools for gliding and flying in general. | There are a couple of useful tools for gliding and flying in general. | ||
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[https://www.xcsoar.org/ XCSoar] -flight computer, also very good at recording flight tracks | [https://www.xcsoar.org/ XCSoar] -flight computer, also very good at recording flight tracks | ||
[https://akaflieg-freiburg.github.io/addhoursandminutes/ Add Times] -a little app to compute flight hours from paper-based flight log entries | |||
[https://spasutto.github.io/igc2kmz/ IGC2KMZ] -a converter in case you want to view your flight-track in Google Earth. | [https://spasutto.github.io/igc2kmz/ IGC2KMZ] -a converter in case you want to view your flight-track in Google Earth. | ||
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[https://stratux.me/ Stratux] -Linux based ADS-B receiver | [https://stratux.me/ Stratux] -Linux based ADS-B receiver | ||
[https://www.openaip.net/ OpenAIP] -flight navigation maps worldwide under a CC license. | |||
All of them are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Open Source], either web based, work cross-platform, or have at least a [[Linux|Linux]] version available. | All of them are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Open Source], either web based, work cross-platform, or have at least a [[Linux|Linux]] version available. | ||
=== Commercial Tools === | |||
[https://www.skydemon.aero/ SkyDemon] -seemingly the most prominent flight planning and moving map tool. Costs money. | |||
[https://aip.dfs.de/basicVFR DFS AIP] -German [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautical_Information_Publication Aeronautical Information Publication]. Basic information is free to use. | |||
=== Flying === | === Flying === | ||
Revision as of 10:28, 3 May 2025
Flying
At the end of 2021 I started flying real airplanes, not only simulated ones.
While trying to learn, how to fly gliders in a club, I realized, that this is not my cup of tea and I switched to flying something, where an unpowered landing is considered an emergency.
I managed to obtain my sports pilot license end of April 2025.
"Trust me, I'm a Luftsportgeräteführer"
Links
Open Source Tools
There are a couple of useful tools for gliding and flying in general.
Skylines -flight tracking and visualization
XCSoar -flight computer, also very good at recording flight tracks
Add Times -a little app to compute flight hours from paper-based flight log entries
IGC2KMZ -a converter in case you want to view your flight-track in Google Earth.
Enroute Flight Navigation -moving map and navigation software
Prosoar -flight planner, mainly for gliding
Stratux -Linux based ADS-B receiver
OpenAIP -flight navigation maps worldwide under a CC license.
All of them are Open Source, either web based, work cross-platform, or have at least a Linux version available.
Commercial Tools
SkyDemon -seemingly the most prominent flight planning and moving map tool. Costs money.
DFS AIP -German Aeronautical Information Publication. Basic information is free to use.
Flying
Flugschule Otto Funk -where they taught me to fly microlight planes
@DeltaMikeHeavy -Youtubing from inside a FK9
CFWU -a podcast (in German) about commercial aviation