Tue Nov 10 2015
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
iOS 9 compatible
Various bug fixes and improvements
I fly in Condor on the PC, and this is pretty dang close for being a mobile sim. Well done, sir, wonderful app!
This is a fantastic little gem of a flight sim. The feeling of flight is spot on, and I'm logging more hours into this than I have X-Plane and Infinite Flight combined. There is nothing better than circling in thermals, staying aloft for hours and then slide-slipping it in for a landing. My only gripe would be the lack of a "Settings" menu -- I'd like to be able to reverse the controls for panning (I hats dragging to the right to look left, and vice versa). If you love soaring or are a real glider pilot, get this. You won't be disappointed. Buy this!
This is truly a very impressive flight sim. I must say it comes in a close second to a computer glider sim called Condor, which is a memory hungry and expensive simulator. The only things that are missing to make this a masterpiece are more camera views while flying, and a way to keep the thermal hotspots on for a longer time. As always more gliders and locations would be a plus but there are plenty to sail for days. I hope we see more updates.
This is a fantastic app if you have the flying bug. I have been up in full scale gliders and my hobby is RC gliders. Very realistic. Great graphics. Only suggestion I have - indicate success of landings by having the glider break apart if the landing is not good. Does not matter how you land, your glider always stays together. Looking forward to more improvements. Keep up the GREAT work!
New Glider and Area, plus yaw string, excellent control. Very fun and worthwhile sim for virtual or real glider pilots. One can center in a thermal using real world techniques, practice flight discipline and get a sense of what it is like to not just fly a sailplane, but to also compete in cross country competitions. Once it gets aero tow and it will be better than the PC soaring sims that are currently available.
I cannot say enough good things about this app. This is about pure flight, not dogfighting or speed. This sim rewards skill and patience, and some knowledge of real glider mechanics is helpful. This said, I still think a novice could pick it up and learn it easily. Highly, highly recommended.
If you dream of soaring, this is for you. The controls are just fine and responsive.(I'm on iPhone 5) So satisfying to catch a thermal and climb. Enough freedom that even experienced gliders will enjoy, yet simple enough that people with no gliding experience could pick it up.
While it is a flight sim for iOS it needs much to be desired. Flight characteristics are pretty spot on but with today's other flight sim options that doesn't cut it. Major complaint is poor graphics and poor rendering. There's nothing like being about a mile from the airport and it is completely gone from view due to limited draw distance. If you want the best flight sim/ glider sim according to me and only me I would go purchase AeroFly FS.