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  • Iduna FLY is for sale

    Every great journey has an end, which creates a start for a new adventure. We have been working for a while on Iduna FLY, but now it is time to move on. Priorities are shifting, and business is changing. To move on to the next projects, Iduna FLY is now officially for sale. We are […]
  • Iduna FLY is now available for everyone

    So far Iduna FLY was available for iPad. Today we have a big announcement. We have released a Web App. This means that Iduna FLY can now be accessed from any platform and with any device. First, we were a bit skeptical if a Web App would make sense, but after some investigation and research […]
  • Hardest Cessna 172 Flight Preparation Quiz

    Did you know that a Cessna 172 is holding the world record for the longest flight? Once upon a time in the year 1958 on December 4, Robert Timm and John Cook took off from McCarran Airfield, Las Vegas. 64 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes and 5 seconds later they landed their newly built Cessna […]
  • Are You a Hammer or a Nail?

    I have recently seen the movie Focus with Margot Robbie and Will Smith. I still remember one short, but important line. “There’s two kinds of people in the world. There’s hammers and there’s nails. You decide which one you wanna be”. I generally avoid thinking in groups especially if there are only two. Still the […]
  • What I have learned from 10,000 hours of programming

    14 years ago someone told me that it takes at least 10,000 hours to become professional at something. Guess what, I didn’t understand it. Assuming I work at least 160 hours a month I will have 1,920 hours per year minus five weeks of holidays makes it 1,720. Since I cannot code 100% of my […]
  • Special update with long awaited Ruschmeyer R 90-230 RG

    It took a while, but now it is available: Ruschmeyer R 90-230 RG - 32 votes Please tell your friends about the newly added models, so they can also ease up their flight preparation too. Is your airplane not on the list above? Here are a few tips to get your airplane high up the […]
  • You Voted and We Added Another 6 Airplanes

    Here are the new airplanes we added based on your voting on our website: Grumman Tiger AA-5B - 29 votes Robin DR400-180R - 14 votes Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II - 11 votes Piper PA-28R-200 Arrow - 10 votes Socata TB21 TC - 10 votes Diamond DA-42 - 10 votes Please tell your friends about the […]
  • Wingly – Flight sharing for everyone

    Taking a dream of humankind to a whole new levelFor thousands of years, we are dreaming of flying. A little bit more than 100 years ago we realized our dream. Aviation has become a huge industry. Still, the private aviation seems to be reserved for a small group of people.Have you ever dreamed of flying […]
  • +6 New Airplanes Makes 37 in Total

    Right before the weekend you now have another six airplanes available in the latest version.Here are the airplanes we added based on your voting on our websiteAquila A-210 - 13 votesAquila A-211 - 10 votesCessna 172M - 11 votesCirrus SR20 - 24 votesCirrus SR20 G3 - 24 votesPiper PA-28-181 Cherokee Archer III - 18 votesPlease […]
  • 6 New Airplanes

    We promised to keep you updated when we add new airplanes. We have good news. We have just added six airplanes in the latest version. Here are the airplanes we added based on your voting on our website: Beechcraft C23 Sundowner 180 - 45 votes Cessna 172N - 13 votes Cessna 172P - 10 votes […]
  • 17 December 1903, Kill Devil Hills –  First powered flight

    It is three days since the Flyer has “crashed” with minor damage. Orville and Wilbur repaired it and prepared everything for the next flight. We put the Flyer into position and Wilbur started the engine while Orville took place on it. We observed everything from behind. I was standing next to the camera to get […]
  • 14 December 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright

    The two brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, have been working on this machine for years. Unlike other pioneers they understood the challenge of flying. It was neither about the engine nor about the material. It was about steering. They spent weeks and months to find a mechanism that allows to steer the machine. From their […]