This page is stored offline once you load it. Refreshing the page will refresh the button with the last cached flight plan as well as downloading the latest version of this page if you are online.
Important change for iOS 16!!If you use the flight plan in your browser, this page must be available offline so that you can recover the flight plan should it close. I also recommend that you e-mail a copy. The e-mailed copy can be opened like the MiCrew html flight plan.
- Make sure that Block Pop-Ups is off. This can be found in the Safari section of the main settings page.
- Save this page for offline use one time: This page must be set up to accessible offline in order to get the flight plan back if it the tab is closed.
- If you have iOS 16 or greater: Add this to your reading list and access it from your reading list (how to). You may need to delete it an add it back occasionally to get the latest version.
- If you have iOS less than 16: Open the share icon (square with the arrow coming out) and choose Add to Homescreen. This should create a button that will allow you to access the page offline. Click the button on this page to force a refresh occasionally when you are online.
- Test whatever you do in the previously step to make sure that it works offline.
When a flight plan is opened directly after converting it from my site, it saves itself into the storage section in this browser as long as caching is activated. If you are into such things, the technology behind this is html 5 local storage. This page will allow you to open the last previously cached flight plan from the browser's storage, even if you are offline. The point is to be able to recover a flight plan if you accidentally close it.
I welcome your opinion. thejohnbell@gmail.com.
This will only work if the sites match. For example: If you went to http://johnfbell.com/WebForm1.aspx to translate the flight plan and then you went to https://www.johnfbell.com/recallflightplans.html for this page, it would not work. The domains need to match. Thus, make sure that you use and bookmark:
https://www.johnfbell.com/WebForm1.aspx to translate
https://www.johnfbell.com/recallflightplans.html for this page.
Add to home screen
You can bookmark this page. However, I suggest you add an icon to your home screen. Note that this also works well with the PBS Web App: https://dalpbs.navblue.aero/webapp.Updating
If you are online, click on the refresh button in the URL window.
Major Updates:
2022/12/26 | Added directions for optional method of saving this page offline in iOS 16. |
2021/01/21 | Adjusted to Chrome depricating cache status. |
2018/07/13 | Tweaked to recheck cache status multiple times. |
2018/07/11 | Major redesign to fix several issues. |
2018/04/14 | Initial release. |