Monthly Archive for November, 2009

Issues Resolved… Sort Tweaked Too

Published on 11/20/2009 @ 18:04 in Site News. 0 Comments

Good news; Last night’s problems have been resolved and everything appears to be functioning normally.

I also took this as an opportunity to tweak the sort function a bit by adding a secondary sort. Now when you sort the list by Price, Developer or Date Listed, the apps with similar results for those criteria will again by sorted by name. For example, if you sort the list by Price, all of the FREE apps will then be sorted by name. For this secondary soft I’ve fixed the sort direction as ascending, so while you may sort the list by Date Listed and choose the sort direction of descending, the batch of apps for a given date will then be sorted by name in ascending order. Clear as mud right?

11.20.09 - Site Issues

Published on 11/20/2009 @ 11:49 in Site News. 0 Comments

My host experienced a power outage last night and they are bringing everything back online today. While things are slowly returning to normal, I’ve noticed that apps are missing from the list when it is sorted. Since they are still working on the issue, I am going wait a bit to see if the problem fixes itself once they have restorated all of their services.

Thanks for your patience… I’ll post an update as more information becomes available.

Apps Added - 11.18.09

Published on 11/19/2009 @ 00:06 in New Apps. 0 Comments

A long overdue update with 30 apps added to the list.

Mystery Plane #2 is…

Published on 11/12/2009 @ 20:12 in Contests. 0 Comments

An XF-85 Goblin. There’s no story behind me selection of the Goblin, I simply chose it because of it’s uniqueness.

The response to this contest was great and three winners have been selected and are in the process of being notified. Winners, codes for a free copy of SkyCharts are on their way!

Thank you for playing, and thanks to SkyCharts for sponsoring this contest!

Name that plane #2… Win SkyCharts

Published on 11/06/2009 @ 14:04 in Contests. 0 Comments

Another chance to win a free copy of SkyCharts! Like the previous contest, all you have to do is identify the aircraft below by designation and name, for example “F-16 Falcon”. To submit your entry, simply use this Contact form.

The contest begins when posted, and runs until 12:00pm Pacific Time on Wednesday November 11th. Three winners will then be chosen from all the correct answers received. Each winner will receive a code which can be redeemed for a free copy of SkyCharts. Complete contest rules can be found here. Good luck!

What am I?

The mystery plane is…

Published on 11/03/2009 @ 16:30 in Contests. 0 Comments

An L-13 Grasshopper, or Stinson L-13 which I will also accept as the correct answer. Congratulations to our three winners; Dallas, Alan and Bob. Codes for a free copy of SkyCharts are on their way to you!

I chose the L-13 as the first mystery aircraft because when I was a teenager I had a summer job working as a shop helper at a maintenance facility at the local airport. The owner of the business had an immaculately restored L-13 in the hangar and I would study it at any chance I could get. Sure it’s not the fastest or prettiest airplane out there, but it was designed so that you could fold the wings and tail, pivot the main wheels 180° until they were inside the main gear legs, and attach a tow bar so that it could be towed backwards behind an army jeep. It was so cool, and I’ve never forgotten the aircraft. Little did I know back then just how rare a bird she was.

A big THANK YOU goes to the developer of SkyCharts, Heikki Julkunen, for sponsoring this contest. If you didn’t win this time, another chance is coming later this week, so stay tuned to the news feed.