WingX 2.0 User Manual - FAASafety.gov

Pilot Expirations
Keeping track of a pilot’s expirations can be extremely timeconsuming.
Some examples are medical, insurance,
sectionals, approach charts, A/FD, IFR currency, ASEL day,
ASEL night, tailwheel, and so on. There are a few more if
you own a plane. Why risk forgetting your expiration dates
and end up flying illegally when WingX can remember the
dates for you?
WingX’s has a unique feature that simplifies the entering of
the expiration dates. For the currency items having known
intervals, WingX automatically calculates the expiration date.
For example, if a pilot performs three take-offs and landings
on March 25, 2005, then WingX automatically converts this
date to June 23, 2005; i.e. 90 days in the future.
WingX 2.0 will remind you of upcoming expirations and
notify you that your databases will need to be updated within
the next few days.
Sunrise and Sunset
Sunrise and sunset times are critical to flight planning. There
are currency issues as well as aircraft capabilities such as
lighting both internal and external. In addition, the Federal
Aviation Regulations (FARs) define three times related to
‘night’ that are relevant. These three times define when a
pilot requires external lights to be illuminated, when a pilot
can log night time, and when a pilot can carry passengers.
WingX will calculate the sunrise and sunset times for all
airports. These times can be shown in either local or Zulu
times.
WingX will also show the nearest city and airport’s distance
and direction from the city. This is particularly useful when
approaching an airport with which one is not familiar.
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