Dear aviators, 

We’re now wrapping things up for an appstore release, so this version contains mostly bugfixes, but also new features to keep the appetite. 

European Precipitation and Pressure Forecasts 

EasyVFR4, in partnership with Met Éireann (the official Irish Meteorological Service) and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), now includes 10 day precipitation and pressure forecast charts. These forecasts are available for each six hour time span for the next 10 days. The forecasts cover from 76 degrees west to 35 degrees east and from 72 degrees north to 30 degrees north giving extensive coverage. EasyVFR4's spherical mapping engine makes these forecasts much easier to interpret than a flat map. These charts can help you better choose which days to plan your flights with the best chance of actually being able to fly that day. 

To activate this charts open the mapLayers menu and choose the WX Map Preset 

Next scroll down in the maplayers menu, select the Weather subenu, and enable there the option [10-day precipitation and Pressure Forecast: 

Using the timestepper (that now also has a very convenient slider) you can step forward and backward in time  

Tell-a-friend Promotion 

We all don’t mind saving a bit of money, and this can now be done by bringing your budy! When using menu->myEasyVFR there is now a button called [Invite a friend] 

When this [Invite a Friend] button is used, a personalized webpage is launched that allows you to share a unique personal discount code via email, twitter, facebook or whatsapp. Every friend that uses this discount gets a 10% discount, and the exact same amount is put on your own account that can then be used to buy other products from our shop or renew your own subscription. So don’t hesitate, and spread arround your personal discountcode as much as possible! 

A full list of release notes can be found below. 

Cheers, 

Team EasyVFR 4 

Release notes 

•  NEW: Added Tell-A-Friend discount promotion to menu->Pilots Data section and menu->myEasyVFR
•  NEW: 10-day Pressure and Precipitation forecast chart is now available for Pro and FFM licensees via menu MapLayers->Weather 
• NEW: When tapping an airfield icon on the RouteCard EV4 will show the summary bar at the bottom for that airfield so its easy to get airport information fast for anyt airfield in the route 
• NEW: Added Instruments Flight Time and Flight Distance 
• NEW: When a take off is detected and no route is active, then EV4 will automatically create a LOCAL FLIGHT route starting at a persistent user waypoint labelled DEPARTURE and date&time, so the BRG/EET/Dist instrument automatically is populated for returning back to the take off point. This is specially handy for free-flight pilots that can take off from any suitable grass area. This option can be enabled or disabled using Menu->Preferences, option [Auto Create Local Flight] 
• NEW: Menu's now contain scrollbars when touched 
• FIXED: mousewheel scrolling on multitouch windows/macos systems 
• FIXED: Sometimes older approachplates would be rendered offset a bit  
• FIXED: The menu button and Full Screen button at the bottombar switched places as soon as once the fullscreenmode was selected  
• FIXED: When not in flightmode then voice warnings will no longer be given 
• FIXED: Aut Suspend warnings when within 5NM of departure or arrival did not work unless the user had at least once visited the warnings settings. 
• FIXED: RouteWindow, Flight Documentation, selecting PDF documents for Airfields did not work anymore  
• FIXED: Sometimes ALT AGL would not show a value 
• FIXED: The distance measurement tool showed a weird character in the course indicator 
• CHANGED: VPV off/auto/on is now changed into VPV off/auto/manual in menu->preferences. When set to Man then a VPV toggle button will be shown on the topbar so the user can toggle the VPV onoff at wish 
• CHANGED: Set PresetA and Set PresetB are removed from QuickInfo->Airfield information  

Downloads

Apple iOS, iPadOS, M1 and M2 macs

• Minimum requirements:
  • 64-bit and 2GB RAM. Effectively:
    • iPad Air 2 and higher.
    • iPad Mini 4 and higher.
    • iPhone 6S and higher.
  • The iPad Mini 5, 6, and iPad Pro perform extremely well.
• Download
  1. Install the Apple TestFlight app via the Apple AppStore.
  2. Go to the following URL to download the latest version of EasyVFR 4 via TestFlight:
  https://testflight.apple.com/join/Zxbi0Hof

Android

• IMPORTANT
  
  • Devices with the old 32-bit Android OS are not supported
• Minimum requirements:
  • 64-bit, +3GB RAM. Android 8.0 and higher is advised.
• We have good results with:
  • Huawei MediaPad M5.
  • Xiaomi Mi Pad 4.
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 and higher.
  • Most modern smartphones.
• Download:
  
  • NEW: via Google Play: Now you can also download the beta directly via Google Play. You can join the beta here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pocketfms.easyvfr4
  • Sideload: 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.
    https://members.pocketfms.com/WebProgramDownloads/EasyVFR4/EasyVFR4_4.1.327.apk
    

Windows desktop

• Minimum requirements:
  • 64-bit, 2GB RAM, Windows 7 and higher is advised.
• Download:
  
  • https://members.pocketfms.com/WebProgramDownloads/EasyVFR4/EasyVFR4_win32_4.1.327.exe

macOS High Sierra and up

• • 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.
    • M1 macs can download via the iOS AppStore.
  • 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:
    • https://members.pocketfms.com/WebProgramDownloads/EasyVFR4/EasyVFR4_osx_4.1.327.dmg
  • Installation instructions:
    1. After downloading the DMG file, open it and drag the EasyVFR 4 icon into the Applications folder. EasyVFR 4 is now available via Launchpad.
    2. 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.
    3. From there on you can launch EasyVFR 4 from the launchpad without this warning.
    4. With every update, you need to redo step 2.