Gaggle - Flight Recorder 17+

Always been a FlySkyHy fan. (Fan lol) but I have to admit, I've use this sporadically and was not impressed until lately.

The features of this app are extraordinary! I use a Chest-mount for my iPhone so I can look down and see the instruments quite easily. Being able to see other airplanes, Paramotor pilots, wind speed and direction are pretty cool. I've been playing around with the fuel level and fuel consumption part of the app so being able to see my fuel level is quite amazing.

I have been forgetting to press start for the auto record that allows us to record a flight so maybe the developers can have an auto feature that turns on Gaggle when we gain altitude and speed like a paramotor launch or a notification that pops up that says it looks like you're flying do you want to turn on Gaggle?

I will continue to use this and get my students to use this also. Very simple and easy to use and the air space feature is extraordinary.

I definitely recommend

Thank you so much for the well written and descriptive review Shawn! Because Gaggle focuses on so much more than just recording flights I don't really want start the flight recording monitoring immediately upon opening the app. There is also the fact that pilots can choose their equipment before a flight and I want to leverage that screen in future even more to show weather briefings and NOTAM information. What I personally do is start the recording while doing my pre-flight. That way I know Gaggle is ready and it will only start recording once I go fly, even if that is 20 minutes from now. I hope this makes sense and I look forward to chatting to you on your podcast at some point 😃. Have a great day!

This app is essential for anyone flying a powered paraglider. It is feature rich, always being improved, and reliable. We insist that all of our students use it, along with our alumni, and it has helped us locate someone that had a motor out in a field one evening that didn’t have communications. All of our instructors use this personally, along with our students, which helps us to track hours on our equipment, their equipment, and ensure everyone safety. Gaggle has our highest recommendation!

Thank you so much for the review!

This app is exactly what this community needs but it is lacking a few features. Below is a list and I hope the developers take a look!

1. An airspace map you can use without route planning. There are apps that do this, but it would be nice to have it all under one app especially since it’s already a feature in flight and in route planning.

2. Map that shows previous flights (combined with the airspace map even). Stacking them as to not clutter. And a toggle airspace’s and other things off and on.

3. A way to search nearby pilots. Privacy is king I know but it would be nice to have a feature where you can find local pilots since this is a niche sport. Maybe even a way to see local meetups on the map and message people involved. I realize there’s a private group feature but it would be nice to have public options other than posting flights publicly.

Hope it gains a few more features!!

Hi mgarthur14,

Thank you so much for the review!

These are great ideas, thank you. We will add it into our backlog to be added into Gaggle in the coming months as development capacity becomes available.