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This page was last updated:  10/21/10

PDA Navigation

  Airspace File     PDA Mount/Pricing    Installations  


Glide Navigator II - by Chip Garner


Glide Navigator II is soaring software for your WinCE Pocket PC computer.  It offers moving map navigation and final glide functionality.  It will run on all Compaq Aero, Dell and iPAQ Pocket PC's.  It is compatible with any GPS that outputs NMEA 0183 data (Garmin, Volkslogger, Colibri, Filser LX20, TeleType, NAVMAN, etc.) and offers two-way data communication with Cambridge Aero Instruments GPS-NAV, L-NAV and 302 instruments.

Glide Navigator II

WinPilot


WinPilot
 

Support:

As the World becomes more technological our lives are increasingly  influenced by computers. Whether we want to or not, we are forced to use them in our daily lives. This is true of  the soaring community as well. With the introduction of the GPS Flight Recorder and the PDA Navigation System, many pilots are forced to purchase and become familiar with the PC. While it is our intent to provide support for our products, we are finding it increasingly time consuming to provide support with regard to the basics of computer operation. It is the responsibility of the individual user to understand the operating system as well as the peripheral hardware associated with their computer. If you do not understand how Windows works, use the on screen help menus or purchase one of the many after market books on computer operation. Go to Microsoft's website and spend some time reading the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). Open the user's manual that came with your computer and read it. Visit the website of your computer manufacturer.

If you are not sure about certain aspects of your computer perhaps some of the websites listed below  may be helpful. Still have questions, give us a call.

Suggested sites:

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/   Microsoft Support Page.
  Windows CE Information.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/default.asp  Windows Operating Systems.
http://www.ceap.wcu.edu/Martin/tut1.htm   Link to tutorial on basic computer operation.
http://www.compaq.com/support/handhelds/index.html  Support for Compaq Palm-PCs.

If you have specific questions regarding the operation of your Compaq handheld you should contact Compaq Technical Support at .

Active Sync 3.5

Microsoft has released Version 3.5 of Active Sync. Active Sync is the program that runs on a desktop or laptop PC that allow connection to the Pocket-PC via the serial data cradle. You can download Active Sync 3.5 from the Microsoft website at:

http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/downloads/activesync3.5.asp

Special Use Airspace (SUA) Files

We have the EGC2000 Special Use Airspace file for the PDA Navigation System available. Click here to download the luesse00.sua file.

Below are listed SUA files for some of the European countries. Cambridge Aero has purchased a license for Hans Trautenberg to make these files available to our customers. If the country you are interested in does not appear, you may find the SUA file by following the SUA website link below. If you do not find it there you may need to write it yourself. Instructions for the creation of SUA files may be found in the Users Manual. The Users Manual is available in the Adobe Acrobat .pdf format and is available on the Manuals page at no charge.

2002 SUA for Germany, Switzerland and Austria available

The France 2001 SUA file - updated on August 4th, 2001 for the Junior Worlds.

Austria 2001
Belgium 2001
Czech 2001
Germany 2001
France 2001
Netherlands 2001
Spain
Switzerland 2001
Poland 2001
Denmark 2001

John Leibacher has created a site on the acro.harvard.edu server which contains SUA files for various soaring sites around the world. The Software utilizes the "Tim Newport-Peace" format. Thank you John.

If you do not find an SUA file for your soaring site you may write your own. All you need is a sectional map and a text editing program such as MS Notepad or Word. Also on the acro.harvard.edu server is a page with instructions for creating your own SUA files. 

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