Did you know dropzones commonly are not depicted on aviation gps or navigation apps? As technology becomes more prevalent in aviation, flight planning with paper charts becomes less so. Technology brings increased safety in most regards, but it can also lead to complacency and the tendency to not look into all necessary information as we did before because we assume the technology has our back. The aviation apps and gps' do a fantastic job of this with a multitude of reminders and alerts as we are flying including airspace, other traffic, ground obstacles, terrain, etc. However, dropzones are not accompanied by alerts and commonly not depicted on the digital maps at all. This can present a huge hazard to not only skydivers but aviators as well. It is inherently important that pilots are aware of these operations. So I am therefore asking for signatures to send to the companies that provide these products including garmin, foreflight, etc. asking them to help my fellow skydivers, and fellow pilots continue to coexist in a safe manner.
Updates
February 26, 2019
The volume of support for this initiative has reached a point where I am now formalizing a proposal for the product teams at Garmin and ForeFlight. I am finalizing a packet of safety data that illustrates the necessity of integrating these drop zones into existing navigation interfaces.
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AS a skydiver falling from the skies daily I had just assumed that All navigation apps and GPS units included permanent notams and warned pilots flying into these areas. Please consider correcting this situation to make our skies safer for both pilots, passengers and All air sport enthusiasts whether they be skydivers, glider pilots or anyone who has filed a temporary or permanent notam. Thank you
Flying near dropzones is nerve wracking enough without having to worry if my gps is missing half the hazards in the area. Fix this please!
Seriously how is this not a standard thing already? Foreflight should have had this years ago.
Thank you for the input! The problem is there is no legal requirement for this, so the USPA really has no real clout with regard to these GPS companies. The reason a petition is needed is to convince these companies that not only skydivers but pilots alike care and want this to be added to their software. So please help get the word out!!
I believe you should work this out with the USPA. As a large skydiving organisation they xan do more than just a petition and I am sure thst they can do research and find the right people to get this done. After all it is a general safety issue.
Make the skies safe for everyone.
Great idea
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Did you know dropzones commonly are not depicted on aviation gps or navigation apps? As technology becomes more prevalent in aviation, flight planning with paper charts becomes less so. Technology brings increased safety in most regards, but it can also lead to complacency and the tendency to not look into all necessary information as we did before because we assume the technology has our back. The aviation apps and gps' do a fantastic job of this with a multitude of reminders and alerts as we are flying including airspace, other traffic, ground obstacles, terrain, etc. However, dropzones are not accompanied by alerts and commonly not depicted on the digital maps at all. This can present a huge hazard to not only skydivers but aviators as well. It is inherently important that pilots are aware of these operations. So I am therefore asking for signatures to send to the companies that provide these products including garmin, foreflight, etc. asking them to help my fellow skydivers, and fellow pilots continue to coexist in a safe manner.
Updates
February 26, 2019
The volume of support for this initiative has reached a point where I am now formalizing a proposal for the product teams at Garmin and ForeFlight. I am finalizing a packet of safety data that illustrates the necessity of integrating these drop zones into existing navigation interfaces.
12 Comments
Awesome idea! I would hope this petition spreads like wildfire through both the skydiving and GA communities!
AS a skydiver falling from the skies daily I had just assumed that All navigation apps and GPS units included permanent notams and warned pilots flying into these areas. Please consider correcting this situation to make our skies safer for both pilots, passengers and All air sport enthusiasts whether they be skydivers, glider pilots or anyone who has filed a temporary or permanent notam. Thank you
Flying near dropzones is nerve wracking enough without having to worry if my gps is missing half the hazards in the area. Fix this please!
Seriously how is this not a standard thing already? Foreflight should have had this years ago.
Thank you for the input! The problem is there is no legal requirement for this, so the USPA really has no real clout with regard to these GPS companies. The reason a petition is needed is to convince these companies that not only skydivers but pilots alike care and want this to be added to their software. So please help get the word out!!
I believe you should work this out with the USPA. As a large skydiving organisation they xan do more than just a petition and I am sure thst they can do research and find the right people to get this done. After all it is a general safety issue.
Make the skies safe for everyone.
Great idea
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Awesome idea! I would hope this petition spreads like wildfire through both the skydiving and GA communities!