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 Navigator safety features
 User interface design
The first, and one of the most important safety features, is the user interface design that underpins the flyWithCE Navigator philosophy. This requires all controls to be big enough so that they can easily be operated in the air, particularly when the air is turbulent. Standard components such as a menu bar are not appropriate and the user interface design of Navigator is different from the one used in standard Pocket PC devices designed for terrestrial use.
 Final glide calculation
The final glide calculator uses polar data, wind information, MC setting, terrain information and reserve altitude to calculate the required altitude and glide ratio to reach a selected waypoint. Glide ratio is better information when flying long final glides. Collision point and required glide ratio are also displayed on moving map screen.
 Home airport (closest airport or land out terrain)
Select home airport and Navigator will calculate the final glide to the airport. If airport is not in reach, than program will search and display other appropriate airport or land out terrain.
 Emergency function in waypoint select window
When the user selects the emergency option, Navigator changes to display only airports and landing points. All waypoints are sorted by distance. By doing this it is easy to select the most appropriate landing site. The pilot can then select this landing site and press Select button to activate the glide information to that point.
 Altitude alarm
When flying at height correct use of oxygen equipment is vital. Navigator will remind you when you exceed the upper altitude limit above which oxygen is necessary. You can then decide if you would like to turn off the alarm or if Navigator should remind you again in 2 minutes time. The time you have spent above the maximum altitude is also displayed.
 Auto scale function
To minimize the number of interactions with the program the auto scale function becomes very handy. This function of Navigator will automatically change the scale so that the target waypoint is always displayed on the map.
 
 Airspace detector with airspace alarms
This feature is very important when flying in areas with controlled airspace and Navigator will alert the pilot when he or she is flying close to controlled airspace. All nearby airspace is displayed in the Airspace Detector screen where the information about this airspace is given.
 Two final glide information displayed  
When flying tasks it is nice to have the backup waypoint displayed separately. Navigator can display final glide information to a selected waypoint and to the next waypoint in a task. This option enables the pilot to select another waypoint and then track the final glide information to this point.

Another final glide (which is automatically selected) is Home airport.
 Color coding (background color)
Color sometimes can tell you more than numbers and a quick glance at the Pocket PC to see whether the background is green or red will tell you enough to know if you can reach selected waypoint or not. This is a major feature of Navigator.
 Terrain elevation graph
The pilot can observe the profile of the terrain and then decide if it is safe to fly to the selected waypoint. Safety altitude of 100 m is always used to calculate the final glide over terrain, but in mountains pilot should evaluate the terrain ahead and decide if it is safe to continue the flight in that direction (or with that altitude).
 Moving map
Navigator enables the user to change the altitude to differential mode and then all terrain higher than the current altitude will shown in red. This option is extremely useful when you are flying over mountainous terrain.
 Assign shortcuts to hardware keys
To enable quick access to the program functions, the user can redefine the functions of the standard Pocket PC hardware keys. Generally the keys of the PDA are easy to operate and they give better mechanical feedback when they are pressed than a button on the PDA touch screen. The most frequently used actions should be assigned to the 4 program and cursor keys.
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