Hello Aviators!
We have a new update with some useful improvements and bug fixes requested by our users.
Two of these improvements may seem small, but they can be quite useful:
- METAR and TAF Symbols Remain Visible When Zoomed Out and Their Sizes Are Increased
This means that when you zoom out, you can get a quick overview of the weather differences in a larger area. It's a bit like what GAFOR can do for you!
Switch to the Weather Map preset or enable METAR/TAF on the map by navigating to the Map Layers menu -> Weather. - Relative Position Towards Nearest City
In the Radio Card, you could already see your position relative to an airfield. Now, it also indicates your position relative to the nearest town. This can be useful when you need to contact ATC.
You can open the Radio Card (when you have a GPS fix) by selecting the headset button.
We'd love your feedback! Let us know how these updates work for you.
Cheers!
Team EasyVFR
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📝 RELEASE NOTES
All changes in this beta cycle since the last public App Store release:
4.5.1
- IMPROVED: Default METAR & TAF depiction circles increased in size.
- IMPROVED: METARs & TAFs are now rendered at higher zoom levels also.
- IMPROVED: Radio card now reports current position additional to nearest airport, also based on a nearby reasonably large sized city.
- IMPROVED: Zooming on Windows with mouse wheel while a raster chart is active as a basemap.
- IMPROVED: When an airspace is highlighted using the info card, a second tap on the highlighted airspace will stop the highlighting.
- IMPROVED: When an airspace is highlighted using the info card, closing the info card will also stop the highlighting. (Changed "infocard" to "info card" in both instances.)
- FIXED: Apple devices with 2GB RAM or less sometimes popped up a memory error when showing plates.
- FIXED: After adding a country, Airport Features including traffic patterns and approaches were not downloaded; updating AeroData was required to do this.
- FIXED: Creating Approach Plates for MGL units sometimes resulted in the MGL unit not accepting the plates.
- FIXED: When changing METAR/TAF depiction style, the map would only get updated after a pan or zoom.
- FIXED: DWD GAFOR Full text briefing was not rendered completely.
- FIXED: The map layer setting Weather -> Wind on VPV and setting Weather -> SigWX On VPV had no effect.
- FIXED: Highlighting airspaces in the info card did not reset the initially highlighted airspace.
- FIXED: EasyVFR 4 menu -> Help & Legal -> About EasyVFR did not work on Windows.
- FIXED: When an input field was cleared, the cursor would not advance back to the leftmost position.
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📥 BETA DOWNLOADS
📱 Mobile & Tablet
🍏 iOS, iPadOS, and Apple Silicon Mac
Minimum requirements:
- 64-bit and 2GB RAM.
Effectively:
- iPhone 8 and higher.
- iPad Air 3 and higher.
- iPad Mini 5 and higher.
- iPad Pro's.
- M1 MacBooks and higher.
The iPad Mini 6 and newer, and any iPad Pro perform extremely well.
Download Steps:
- Install the Apple TestFlight app via the Apple AppStore.
- Go to the following URL to download the latest version of EasyVFR 4 via TestFlight.
👉 Open the EasyVFR 4 page in the Apple TestFlight app
🤖 Android
IMPORTANT: Devices with the old 32-bit Android OS are not supported
Minimum requirements:
- 64-bit OS, +3GB RAM. Android 10 and higher is advised.
At least compatible (but slow) are:
- Huawei MediaPad M5.
- Xiaomi Mi Pad 4.
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (except SM-T810). (slow)
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S4.
We see good results with Samsung Galaxy Tab S6, and higher and most modern high-end tablets and smartphones.
Download Options:
- Google Play: You can download the beta directly via Google Play when enrolled in the beta program on the Google Play app page.
👉 Open the EasyVFR 4 page in Google Play to enrole for beta - Sideload (alternative): To install you must enable the option: "Allow the installation of apps from sources other than Play store" in Android Settings, Lock screen and Security. Some Android devices require you to tap&hold the link below, then choose [Download link] to store the APK on your device from where you then can install this downloaded APK.
Download APK https://members.pocketfms.com/WebProgramDownloads/EasyVFR4/EasyVFR4_4.5.1.apk
💻 Desktop and Laptop
🪟 Windows
Minimum requirements:
- 32-bit, 2GB RAM, Windows 8 and higher is advised.
Download: Download EasyVFR 4 for Windows https://members.pocketfms.com/WebProgramDownloads/EasyVFR4/EasyVFR4_win32_4.5.1.exe
🍏 Apple Silicon Mac
See the iOS version.
🍎 Intel Macs
IMPORTANT: Intel Macs on Big Sur and Monterey need to have the latest macOS version 11.6.1 or 12.0.1 or higher installed.
Intel-based Macs can only install the below .dmg file and need to follow the below instructions.
Minimum requirements:
- Most 64-bit macOS versions. E.g. High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina. BigSur 11.6.1 and Monterey 12.0.1 and up.
- Apple Silicon M1 and greater Macs can download via the iOS AppStore.
Download: Download EasyVFR 4 for Intel Macs https://members.pocketfms.com/WebProgramDownloads/EasyVFR4/EasyVFR4_osx_4.5.1.dmg
Installation instructions:
- After downloading the DMG file, open it and drag the EasyVFR 4 icon into the Applications folder. EasyVFR 4 is now available via Launchpad.
- Users of MacOS Sequoia must first enable the option to offer the option to allow a non-signed applications, see https://www.idownloadblog.com/2024/08/07/apple-macos-sequoia-gatekeeper-change-install-unsigned-apps-mac/ for instructions
- When you get the message "EasyVFR4.app can’t be opened because it was not downloaded from the App Store" choose [Open in Finder] from that popup, then right-click on EasyVFR4.app and choose open. Now the same popup will appear, now with a [Open] button.
- From there on you can launch EasyVFR 4 from the launchpad without this warning.
- With every update, you need to redo step 2. 🔄
