ForeFlight 7.3 Adds Garmin Two-way Flight Plan Transfer

ForeFlight released Version 7.3 of its ForeFlight Mobile flight app, adding new functionality that allows two-way flight plan transfer with Garmin GNS and GTN navigators. In July the companies announced that Garmin’s Connext system allowed connectivity between the Garmin avionics and ForeFlight, enabled by connecting the GNS/GTN units to Garmin’s Flight Stream 110/210 Bluetooth wireless gateway. With this setup, ForeFlight 7.2 displays ADS-B IN weather and traffic information from Garmin’s GDL 88/84 ADS-B OUT/IN transceivers (and GPS position from the GNS/GTN units or the GDL 88), plus ForeFlight’s attitude indicator and synthetic vision display can receive pitch and bank information from the Flight Stream 210. The two-way flight plan transfer capability, available only with the Flight Stream 210, allows pilots to create flight plans on ForeFlight, using either the iPhone or iPad, then insert the route wirelessly into the GNS/GTN navigators. ForeFlight is currently beta testing a Web-based flight planner, which pilots can use to check weather and create flight plans and then send the plan to ForeFlight. The ForeFlight Web service is expected to be released later this year.