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Pilots can now unleash the power of real time PIREPs for flight planning, management and safety. Virga is aviation’s only app that allows pilots to submit PIREPs without the need for ATC or the radio. An average of 5 screen taps is all it takes to submit a PIREP and share valuable flight information (INCLUDING PICTURES OF CONDITIONS OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW) with your friends and other pilots.
Virga includes powerful graphical flight planning tools which alert you to PIREPs that have been submitted in your geographic area of interest and at the altitudes you plan to travel. Never be surprised by flight conditions ahead of you again.
Virga also gives you the ability to follow the PIREPs submitted by your friends and colleagues. It is a great way to stay close to other pilots and follow reports from pilots you trust.
Filter, sort, and search PIREPs easily on the map based on criteria that are of interest to you.
Rest assured that you have access to not only ALL FAA/ATC PIREPs that have been submitted, but also all PIREPs provided by other Virga users. Virga users have the ability to submit photographic detail with their PIREPs, and we all know a picture is worth a thousand words!
Fly confidently and safely, by reliably knowing what is around the corner when using Virga both on the ground and in the air!
Best of all, it's completely free. Download Virga today!
more * Add support for VOR locations in PIREPs
1.57 2023-01-18
* Changes "Cancel" to "No Photo" on image picker during PIREP submission
1.56 2022-12-30
* Added an indication that an image was attempted to be uploaded in low connectivity, should an image not upload properly
* Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements
1.55 2022-07-27
* Expand touch area of close buttons for PIREP details image and map
* Refresh planes occasionally, ensuring successful submission to Leidos
* Fixed email validation on Forgot Password to allow all types of email addresses
1.54 2022-02-01
* Improve email validation on sign up to prevent excluded domains
* Prepend LLWS to remarks automatically when submitting an LLWS report
1.53 2022-01-23
* The app is now free! Removed paywall check and enforcement from all applicable screens
* Removed trial counter from Settings
* Removed trial expiration warnings from Map screen
* Fixed failed profile image uploads, addressing cases in which profile images could not be updated
* Fixed cases in which temperature would be sent to Leidos as 0 when it was not provided in the PIREP
* Fixed profile photos not reloading after update
* Added custom push notification sound
1.52 2021-10-13
* Improve refresh indicator on Notifications screen
* Added "Tail Number" to sign up
* Removed "Confirm Password" from sign up
* Fixed cases in which scrolling would not work on the Edit Profile screen
* Fixed cases in which a user would be unable to edit their profile picture
* Added "Tail Number" to the process for creating a new plane within the Profile screen
1.51 2021-08-31
* Emphasize first and last name over call sign throughout app
* Base notification counts based on when a notification has been seen, without needing to be truly be visited
* Expand Like button touchable area
* Expand picture modal close touchable area
* Remove email address from various API call returns
* Improve styles on the profile screen of pilots you follow
* Improve styles on comments
* Add foundation for improved following workflow and ability to visit user profiles
* Added Suggested Contacts to profile screen, allowing the ability to quickly follow pilots in your network
* Hide Suggested Contacts when no suggestions are available
* Changed refresh point from PIREP History section to Profile screen
1.50 2021-07-23
* Added all filtered PIREPs to the map on the Details screen, allowing users to toggle between previously filtered reports directly from PIREP Details.
* Improved the reliability of photo upload in low connectivity environments.
* Fixed an issue that caused the app to remove moderator access on token refresh.
* Added the geoalert name to notifications regarding PIREPS added to a geoalert.
* Changed "batching" approach for geoalert notifications. Users will now get an alert for every geoalert when a PIREP is inside multiple alerts, rather than receiving one notification for all qualifying alerts.
* Fixed cases in which blank geoalert names would not properly result in dynamically generated names.
* Fixed and removed erroneous and duplicate push notifications for PIREP geoalerts.
* Fixed cases in which geoalert push notification links would not properly direct to the PIREP Details.
* Added a full refresh of all PIREP data when refreshing from the My Alerts screen.
* Fixed white screen crash on PIREP like.
* Added conditions to prevent current PIREPs from rendering on the Details map if the selected PIREP is older than 4 hours.
1.49 2021-06-10
* Added roles to pilot accounts (please log out and back in if you're a moderator).
* Added Flagged Reports screen, available via the Settings screen for moderator accounts.
* Added push notifications to moderators when a report is flagged as inappropriate, with deep linking to the Flagged Reports screen.
* Fixed crashes on viewing owned PIREP details after the addition of flagging inappropriate PIREPs
* Globally set a maximum top altitude for all pickers at 60k.
* Fixed My Followers crashes for early users who may have been following test user accounts.
* Fixed the color of LGT-MOD and MOD buttons to address the appearance of those buttons being inactive.
* Added the ability to flag reports as inappropriate via the PIREP Details screen.
* Updated "It's good to have friends" notification title to "Flying is safer with friends."
1.48 2021-05-03
* Added update profile validation, fixing bugs that could result in a pilot updating their profile with a null first name, last name, or call sign, or a non-unique call sign.
* Added trimming to user registration inputs, ensuring preceding and trailing spaces are removed from critical identity attributes.
* Fixed cases in which the login process would hang, as it was attempting to call a deprecated process to retrieve a pilot's followers on login.
* Updated error notifications to read "Low or no connectivity, please try again."
* Removed "Roger!" notification acceptance button and defaulted all notifications to dismiss automatically in 5 seconds.
* Fixed several behind-the-scenes warnings to implement best-practices and improve performance.
* Fixed untappable "Confirm Password" input on sign up error by restructuring the Sign Up screen.
* Fixed initial refresh failed on My Followers screen after app dormancy and entry to the app via push notification deep link.
* Fixed an automated token refresh bug that caused the failure of subsequent API calls after a successful token refresh. This would have caused a user to take manual action in most cases when the app was dormant for more than an hour.
* Fixed alert counts frequently changing and, in some cases, showing an incorrect count during the shared state update process.
* Adds nearest airport lookup for AIREPs on import.
* Adds distance to airport for imported and submitted PIREPs.
* Fixes white text status bar in iOS when in Dark Mode.
* Fixes unread counts including notifications from more than 7 days ago.
* Improved the reliability of airport location data.
* Changed the city determination for Alerts and PIREP History to use the new airport attributes of a report, rather than determining locally, when available.
* Updated the verbiage on notifications for PIREPs created, liked, and commented.
* Fixed small pickers on the icing, LLWS, precipitation, visibility, and wind sections of PIREP submittal.
* Fixed small pickers on the Alert screens.
* Changed the icing temperature slider from -30 min and +30 max to -40 min and +15 max.
* Persist follower/following and PIREP history data to improve user experience with Profile screens.
1.47 2021-04-09
* Moved plane selection during PIREP submission above the location selection map
* Fixed purchases not being recorded via the API* Removed apparent right padding on short comments
* Fixed unread counts not incrementing for push notifications related to new PIREP submissions
* Combined read and unread notification on the notifications screen, with shading for unread notifications
* Fixed incorrect toggle for Push Notifications on Follower screens, as it doesn't make any sense to have that option for followers, only for those pilots who you are following
* Added dynamic title to Alerts screen, indicating which alert is being viewed* Removed "My Alerts" filter from Map screen filters
* Added "Has Photo" filter to Map screen filters
* Increased size of Map screen filter buttons to accommodate larger text size and prevent wrapping on various devices
* Fixed poor styling of plane selection during PIREP submission
* Moved "Remove" follower functionality from text button to swipeout, with indication of swipeout on My Follower screen
* Fixed crunched altitude pickers on various screens
* Fixed read counts incrementing twice when accessing PIREP details from the Notifications screen
* Darkened the highlighted background on unread notifications and cleaned the interface
* Fixed cases in which multiple duplicate API calls were being made when accessing the Profile screen
* Added automatic rounding when submitting a PIREP that will round the altitude to the nearest thousand when above 180 and to the nearest hundred when below 180.
* Added indication that a "Follow Back" request has already been sent from the Followers screen
* Fixed the styles of buttons and links on the Follower and Following screens, making them uniform and consistent with other areas of the app
* Fixed inconsistent profile image styles on the Follower and Following screens
* Fixed app crash during PIREP submission
* Added new Alert workflow, including launching directly to the alert list and adding a new alert creation process
* Removed the iOS alert from the PIREP submission process when a photo has not been added by preview, replacing it with an Action List
* Updates notifications for PIREPs created and commented
* Limits notifications on the notification screen to 7 days of history
* Moved plane management to Edit Profile screen
* Removed blank gap under comments text box after keyboard is dismissed
* Fixed link to Terms of Use on Settings screen
* Improved layout of links at the bottom of the Settings screen
* Fixed excessive tap area around locate and refresh on Map screen
* Completely revamped the in-app purchase process, resolving multiple bugs preventing purchases from being restored, validated, and logged properly.
* Moved the "from now" reported at timestamp inline with the "Report Generated" label on the Details screen.
1.46 2021-03-26
* Changed link to Privacy Policy
* Refined EULA acceptance process for new user signups
* Changed timestamp for last sync to be "from now" formatted
* Increased max wind velocity on slider to 120 kt
* Fixed the geoalert badge count including filters
* Fixed "My Alert" filter not actually filtering
1.45 2021-03-12
* Fixes issues with the app purchase process
1.44 2021-03-08
* Various bug fixes and performance enhancements.
* Changed the alert if a picture wasn't provided in submitting a report to launch the camera directly.
* Fixed failed links on follow notifications
1.43 2021-03-03
Bug fixes and performance enhancements
1.42 2021-03-01
Bug fixes and performance improvements. We also centralized all notifications. You can review every notification you've received by clicking the bell icon in the navigation bar.
1.41 2021-02-24
Fixes issues with the sign up and profile building process.
1.40 2021-02-12
Improves the commenting and profile experience
1.30 2021-02-10
Major enhancements to the functionality of the app, including the addition of commenting on reports and liking comments. Added a notifications screen to view all comment notifications from a centralized place. Multiple bug fixes, including to push notification links and app badge counts.
1.20 2021-02-03
Significantly improved performance and reliability. Improved the geoalert experience. Addressed various bugs in the in app purchase process and trial period.
1.10 2020-12-30
* Add support for VOR locations in PIREPs
more Version 1.57 2023-01-18
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