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flyGarmin website, which can be shared across individualized aircraft profiles with other pilots across different accounts.
Freehand allows pilots to plan or fly around weather, airspace, terrain or other pertinent features without leaving the moving map. Access Freehand by long-pressing over an active flight plan route on the map. When selected, the checklist item turns green and a green check mark confirms the step has been completed.
Checklists can now be created and displayed within the Garmin Pilot app. Similar to an aircraft POH, these checklists can be categorized by normal, abnormal and emergency and then sorted even further by phase of flight, such as preflight, before takeoff and before landing. Customized checklists are also interactive, allowing pilots to select each individual checklist item.
Additional features include:
• Pilotscanimportmultipleuser-definedwaypointsinto Garmin Pilot using a CSV file format from a computer;
• Flight plans can be created online using AOPA’s Flight Planner or SkyVector on a computer and sent to Garmin Pilot on a mobile device;
• Pilots can configure home screen icons to suit their flight planning preferences.
Garmin Pilot 8.5 for Apple mobile devices is available immediately as a free update, providing existing customers
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