Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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ForeFlight has released an oceanic plotting solution that allows pilots to plot overseas flights in the ForeFlight Mobile app, eliminating the need for paper charts. Oceanic plotting is a per-user add-on option for ForeFlight business users, and ForeFlight Dispatch is also required.
With oceanic plotting, ForeFlight users can plan the flight, select diversion airports and equal time points, and—once entering non-radar airspace—note information for each fix and perform gross navigational error (GNE) checks. After the flight, pilots can sign the plot and save it, archive it, and email it as a PDF.
“Performance estimates are automatically recalculated during the flight as pilots record time and fuel actuals at each waypoint,” according to ForeFlight.&nbsp;Integrated with ForeFlight’s active navlog, oceanic plotting also gives access to ForeFlight Dispatch’s existing contingency planning capabilities.
“Logging position reports and GNE checks have been a manual, time-consuming task for our customers, and we’re excited to introduce our integrated digital solution to simplify and streamline this process,” said Kevin Sutterfield, ForeFlight and Jeppesen global sales leader. “We actively incorporated customer feedback through the development of this feature to ensure we directly addressed the specific challenges and needs expressed by pilots and operators. ForeFlight’s oceanic plotting feature simplifies the process of oceanic crossings for pilots while also automating the regulatory compliance required for those operations.”

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ForeFlight Oceanic Plotting Now Available for Overseas Flyers

The plotting feature can help pilots eliminate paper charts

With oceanic plotting, ForeFlight users can plan the flight, select diversion airports and equal time points, and perform gross navigational error checks.

ForeFlight Oceanic Plotting Now Available

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