October 2009 Newsletter

WingX for iPhone Version 3.0 adds GPS-Enabled Terrain-Aware Moving Map. We are extremely excited about this latest release as it builds upon much of the optimizations we have built into our WingX Technology over the past few years. We will continue to improve and evolve our Moving Map capabilities on iPhone.

WingX's Moving Map is very impressive. By using the phenomenal touch screen on iPhone, the entire map for the contiguous US, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico can easily be panned and zoomed. Displaying the A/FD information or AOPA Directory for an airport or VOR is an easy as tapping on the identifier. Editing a route has never been as straight-forward - no knob twiddling to learn, just tap-n-add or tap-n-remove - done! Ever tried to find a VFR Waypoint in an unfamiliar area or at night? Tap the Waypoint button and select “Embassy Suites” - it could not be more simple. IFR pilots can display Victor Airways (or Jetways) plus intersections to show a dynamic enroute IFR chart plus encroaching terrain.

In addition to the superb DUATS support in WingX 3.0, we are working on the next update that will enable pilots to optimize their altitude on a cross country to minimize time and fuel burn based on current winds aloft.

The benefits of a built-in terrain database are obvious. As the aircraft climbs, WingX changes the reds to yellows as that terrain drops below your altitude and yellow changes to green when that terrain is far below. Conversely, in a descent, more yellows and reds appear are the ground rises up and becomes a factor. Imagine the safety in IMC with or without lost comm! By using advanced terrain compression, WingX is able to display the terrain with amazing resolution - no more big chunky blocks that were on the older GPS units.

“With all the items WingX already does well, the moving map is simply AMAZING.
I can plan and actually fly the route in the plane with the iPhone GPS. An absolute essential.” - Matt

New Product: Max Trescott's GPS Guides on the iPhone

We have partnered with Glass Cockpit Publishing to bring Max Trescott's GPS Guides for the Garmin 296, 396, 496, and 696 to the iPhone. Max Trescott is the 2008 National Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year and is a glass cockpit expert. Information on Max's just-release book can be found on the Glass Cockpit Publishing web site.

The new GPS Guides for iPhone are available now on the Apple App Store - just point your iPhone or iPod Touch to the App Store and search for “Trescott” or “GPS Guide”. Each page in the Max Trescott GPS Guides has detailed explanations and GPS screen shots, not just a list of steps. Tips are also included offering suggestions on how best to use the GPS. Best of all, you can cut down on the bulk in your flight bag—get all of the Guides without adding an ounce! Detailed explanations on accessing weather information are included for all XM Weather enabled GPSs.

“We are happy to extend our market-leading position on the iPhone by partnering with Glass Cockpit Publishing to create GPS Guides for the iPhone. The new GPS Guides offer unprecedented ease of use and eliminate fumbling through checklists.” said Dr. Hilton Goldstein, CEO of Hilton Software LLC.

Click here for the Press Release

Patent Granted by the United States Patent Office

Hilton Software LLC is proud to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for its patent application covering its Runway Incursion Technology. Dr. Hilton Goldstein, company founder and CEO, stated, “This Notice of Allowance is profoundly significant to our Company in that our runway incursion intellectual property represents one of the key technological components in our WingX™ products.”

AOPA Airports and WingX at AOPA Aviation Summit

We'll be at AOPA Aviation Summit showing the new AOPA Airports and the new Moving Map on WingX for iPhone. Stop by the AOPA meetup area on Friday. Dr. Hilton Goldstein will be demoing AOPA Airports in the 11:30am-12:15pm session followed by a purely WingX session for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and iPhone at 12:30pm-1:15pm. Stop by, take a look at what is new, share ideas, and speak with Hilton. We'll be showing the latest and greatest software. Meet ups will be live streamed to the Internet via AOPA.

Meetups will be held in booth 1045 in the exhibit hall. Booth 1045 is located near the food court and adjacent to the AOPA Learn to Fly Center.

WingX Forum and WingX Twitter

We have a very useful forum - Please make full use of our forum - ask questions, help other users, it's yours! Click here to view our WingX Forum. Also, follow us on Twitter - our username is “mobilewingx” - click here.

Currency Check

WingX for Pocket PC:	2.6.1.2
WingX for Smartphone:	2.6.1.2
WingX for BlackBerry	1.6.0.6 1.7.0.0 Beta Install Beta from beta.hiltonsoftware.com
WingX for Storm	1.6.0.6 1.7.0.0 Beta Install Beta from beta.hiltonsoftware.com
WingX for iPhone	3.0
Model Database:	5/15/2009
Airport Database:	8/27/2009 - 10/22/2009
AOPA Database:	8/27/2009 - 10/22/2009
Document Database:	1/14/2009
Chart Database:	9/24/2009 - 10/22/2009
Map Database	9/24/2009

Stay Current

Please be sure to stay current with your subscription. $99.95 for an entire year of A/FD information, NACO charts, METARs, TAFs, animated weather and much more is a steal. We have had a few users call us urgently to renew their subscription when they found out that they suddenly couldn't file a flight plan or get the latest animated RADAR. Please don't be caught on the ramp without WingX weather and DUATS. Click here to renew your subscription or call us at 1-866-42-WINGX.

A Word from the CEO

Moving Map on a cell phone? It's true, it's here, and I love it! Imagine being able to pan around your G1000 or to interface with the system simply by touching on identifiers. That is what we have done. And it's fast - we spend a lot of time optimizing the graphics engine of the moving map. Not only does that improve the user-experience, but it is also flexible enough to allow us to add more and more features. For example, our next update will include an option to display runway extensions and we'll be adding a lot more after that. The iPhone is an amazing platform and we're having a great time developing on it.

We are planning on releasing an update to our AOPA Airports application for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry later this month. These improvements will be included in new WingX updates too.

It's AOPA Aviation Summit again (nee AOPA Expo). For those of you heading to out to Tampa, have fun, enjoy all the new aviation goodies, and most importantly, fly safely. With WingX there is no reason not to get weather for your route. One day I need to make that trip from the West Coast.