Soaring Computer Programs

Soaring Computer Programs

These programs are provided "as is". I assume no responsibility for whether and how they work. Use at your own risk.

Navigation related programs

link descriptionriptionLast Update: 05 April 2006.

Eurospace Last Update: 12 July 2002. A program for creating custom European airspace files for the PocketNav, Winpilot, SN-10, GPS_LOG, and other pocket PC navigation software

Airspace Last Update: 25 February 2002. A program for creating custom airspace files for the PocketNav, Winpilot, SN-10, GPS_LOG, and other pocket PC navigation software

MagellanToIGC.zip Last Update: 08 February 2002. Converts various formats of files downloaded from Magellan GPS units into IGC format files. (80 kbytes)

CAI2INST.ZIP Last Update: 13 June 2001. Task planner, a Visual Basic task planning program that uses CAI .dat files for a Turnpoint source (by Walter Weir.(1.5 Mbytes)

GPS_LOG for PPC2003 Last Update: 24 June 2006. A GPS logging and navigation program for the Pocket PC 2003 (especially Second Edition). (see description) (1.0 Mbytes)

GPS_LOG for WinCE PC Last Update: 24 June 2006. A GPS logging-- --and navigation program for Windows PC. (see description) (1.4 Mbytes)

GPS_LOG for WinCE HPC Last Update: 24 June 2006. A GPS logging and navigation program for HPC Pro[with keyboard] (Windows CE 2.11 and higher). (see description) (2.0 Mbytes)

GPS_LOG for WinCE 3 Last Update: 24 June 2006. A GPS logging and navigation program for the Pocket PC (Windows CE 3.0). (see description) (2.0 Mbytes)

GPS_LOG for WinCE 2.11 Last Update: 24 June 2006. A GPS logging and navigation program for the Palm PC (Windows CE 2.11 and higher). (see description) (1.0 Mbytes)

GPS_LOG_WinCE_201.zip Last Update: 11 April 2005. A GPS logging and navigation program for the Palm PC (Windows CE 2.0). (see description) (1.0 Mbytes)

valigpsl.zip Last Update: 30 July 2002. A Windows PC program that does security verification of GPS_LOG WinCE log files (75k).

Flight_Display.zip Last Update: 06 August 2004. Flight Display. A program to display flight data from a GPS logger and to evaluate competition tasks. (see description) (1.0 Mbytes)

convert.zip Last Update: 17 January 2000. Conversion utility for Flight Display (234kbytes).

Soaring Pilot Last Update: February 23, 2003. Final Glide calculator for the 3COM Palm Pilot.

Profile.zip Last Update: 18 Jan 1997. A spreadsheet for preparing cross-country flight profiles. (see description) (40 kbytes)

gps_glid.zip Last Update: 26 September 2001. GPS-LOG. A GPS logging and navigation program (see description) (369 kbytes)

ostiv91.zip Last Update: 19 Apr 1996. A program to assist in the construction of a Stöcker handheld final glide calculator by: R.C. Gibbons (102kb) It contains the 1991 OSTIV paper in Postscript and the Basic program.

gvtn_arj.uue Conversion program for Garmin Track Log file into TaskNAV format by: Philippe de Pechy (uuencoded, 38k).
gvtn_arj.exe Conversion program for Garmin Track Log file into TaskNAV format by: Philippe de Pechy (.exe format, 27k).

Weather related programs

instraob.exe Last Update: 15 June 1998. Raob plotting program for Microsoft Windows, Version 1.05 by: Jim Bobo (321 kbytes)

Logbook programs

instplog.exe Power Logbook program for Microsoft Windows, Version 1.01 by: Jim Bobo (354k)

slog102.zip Soaring Logbook program for DOS, Version 1.02 by: Jim Bobo (136k)

glide.zip Logbook program for glider pilots for DOS by: Paul Bailey (287k) (see also Glide-Log V1.04)

L-Book Logbook program for glider pilots for Windows95 or Windows NT (5.2 Mb) by Jan Bronee L-Book)