Briefing Pack on an examiniation flight

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Briefing Pack on an examiniation flight

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EHOW flyer	EHOW flyer posted 7/6/2025 5:42:40 PM Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 66, Visits: 215	Increasingly, a PLOG such as from Skydemon is being accepted as flight preparation during an examination flight. However, the candidate must still demonstrate the ability to find his way on a paper map, without GPS and also calculate a diversion. But even then an electronically calculated PLOG may be used. What is requested each time are the sources of the information obtained, where does the weather information come from, what is the source of the notams obtained (Eurocontrol...), what filtering has been applied and what margin (in NM) to the left and right of the route has been taken into account? Is this information to be added to the paper printout of a PLOG? Also want to see the compass heading incorporated in a PLOG. I suggest at least adding a selectable column CH that is empty, but where the candidate can then fill in the correct values using the deviation table from the aircraft being used. Another possibility is to add the deviation table in an aircraft's profile, after which Skydemon calculates the CH and thus fills in the CH column.
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 7/7/2025 9:05:14 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.4K	Does this perhaps belong in the Suggestions forum? I can move it there if you like. It is unlikely we would ever add all that information to the PLOG. That document isn't designed to contain absolutely everything you could possibly need to refer to in-flight, just to be a table showing where you're flying from and to (each leg) with the navigation parameters for each. You refer to a margin either side of the route, perhaps you're referring to the MSA column in which case those are configurable in SkyDemon.
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EHOW flyer	EHOW flyer posted 7/7/2025 8:26:56 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 66, Visits: 215	+x Tim Dawson - 7/7/2025 9:05:14 AM Does this perhaps belong in the Suggestions forum? I can move it there if you like. It is unlikely we would ever add all that information to the PLOG. That document isn't designed to contain absolutely everything you could possibly need to refer to in-flight, just to be a table showing where you're flying from and to (each leg) with the navigation parameters for each. You refer to a margin either side of the route, perhaps you're referring to the MSA column in which case those are configurable in SkyDemon. Hi Tim, You may move it to the suggestions. At least a statement that the source of the notams is Eurocontrol (which is already stated in the manual). In addition, specifying with which filter the NOTAMs are presented, the app already says: ‘Showing VFR NOTAMs valid between now and tomorrow evening.’ A notification like this, but a bit more specified in terms of date/times. And are the NOTAMs filtered per FIR or with a certain margin along the planned route? I don't know, so the candidate can't indicate it in an examination either, which doesn't help in the acceptance of the NOTAMs obtained with SD. In my opinion, it needn't cost much extra space, just 1x per listing of NOTAMs.
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 7/8/2025 8:50:16 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.4K	If we state the source of NOTAMs in the manual, why would we additionally state it in printed output from SkyDemon? That strikes me as a waste of space and ink. As you say, we already specify whether VFR/IFR NOTAMs are included and the briefing times. Moving to Suggestions where others are more likely to add their opinions to this request.
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