Former firefighter, ambulance EMT, and military veteran James is a content creator who loves sharing his passion for adventure, outdoors, and travel. He's relatively new to the scene, but he's already making waves with his posts on YouTube, Facebook, IG, TikTok, and Pinterest.

One of James's recent posts caught our attention, where he recommended the Gaggle app as a must-have for any paramotor or paragliding pilot. As a paragliding enthusiast himself, James raves about how Gaggle has enhanced his flying experience.

"The Gaggle app is an awesome way to make your paragliding experience even better," says James. "The app allows you to track your flights in real time, see weather conditions and forecasts, stay connected with friends and your local community, share pictures and videos, view safety information and more."

James particularly loves the app's real-time GPS flight tracking feature, which is easy to use. "You simply tap 'record Flight' prior to takeoff and Gaggle does the rest," he explains. "The app detects when you take off and records your entire flight path including altitudes, lift, g-force, average altitude, distance, and more. You can also play your flights back afterward on an interactive map."

Another cool feature of Gaggle is the ability to sync flights with friends who are also using the app. "All the data is saved to your profile," says James. "If you use Gaggle every time you fly, it can be a great tool for helping track your personal flying hours, and that of your equipment such as your Paragliding wing and Paramotor."

While James certainly recommends Gaggle to fellow pilots, we're also excited to check out more of his content. With his diverse background and love of adventure, we're sure he has plenty of stories to share. Be sure to follow James on his various social media channels to keep up with his latest adventures! Head on over to his website and check out his post on recommended apps for paramotoring here: https://www.jamesbialczak.com/blog/best-apps-for-paramotoring

We recently received a heartwarming testimonial from one of our users, Avery Colburn, and we couldn't be prouder of Gaggle's impact on their life. The user shared their experience of how Gaggle  helped them locate a pilot who didn't make it back to the airport. Here is his story.

At first, Avery thought that the social function of the app was pointless and he didn't see much use for it. However, when they realized that a pilot was missing, and nobody had his contact information, they turned to Gaggle for help. Using the app, they were able to see nearby flights, including the missing pilot's flight. They verified it was him by his unique wing/motor combo that he used during his flight, which Gaggle also helpfully records with your flights.

Looking at his recorded flight, they discovered that he landed an hour earlier and several miles away in a field. Thanks to Gaggle, they were able to plug in the nearest intersection and drive right to him. If it wasn't for Gaggle, they might not have been able to find him at all.

Avery's experience highlights the importance of having a reliable and accurate flight recorder like Gaggle. It's more than just a fun app; it's a safety feature that can help save lives.

We are proud to offer a reliable and accurate flight recorder that makes planning, navigating, and recording flights easy and convenient for all the pilots out there. Stories like there really make all the effort that we put into building Gaggle worth it and helps us to push even harder to bring even more to our small but growing community.

​Thank you for choosing Gaggle, and happy flying!

​Hello fellow pilots! We are excited to announce that our latest release is now available and it includes some exciting new features and fixes that we think you will love, especially our paragliding friends. Here's a rundown of everything included in the release:

1. Support for iPads and Android Tablets: We recognise that many of our users prefer to use tablets instead of phones, so we've added support for iPads and Android Tablets to give you a better experience. Let us know how this works for you and if we need to tweak things a bit.
2. Additional Information for GPX/KML Exports: We've added more information to GPX/KML exports so you can get even more detailed data about your flights like your fuel consumption, max altitude, and a few other stats.
3. Route Import/Export Functionality (GPX): You can now import and export routes using GPX format, making it easier to plan and share routes with other pilots.
4. Info Viewer for Nearby Aircraft: Our new info viewer allows you to see details for aircraft around you, including their altitude. We will now also show the altitude for any aircraft that is going to pass nearby directly on the map so you can quickly see where you need to look.
5. Thermal Assist Viewer: We've added a new thermal assist viewer to help you visualise thermals. This is an early version and we would love to get your feedback on it.
6. Fixed Audio Cues: We've fixed some issues with audio cues that weren't behaving correctly with other music apps so you can enjoy uninterrupted flight recordings.
7. Variometer Improvements: We've made more improvements to the variometer. It is still a work in progress and we would love to get your feedback on it but it should work nicely for most pilots. We'd also like to hear what you think about the ability to change the responsiveness.
8. Other Small Bug Fixes and Improvements: We've also made some other small bug fixes and improvements to make your experience with Gaggle even better.

We hope you enjoy the new features and fixes in this release. As always, please let us know if you encounter any issues or have any feedback. We wish you many amazing flights in the coming months!

At Gaggle we are always working hard to improve the app for all our pilots to make flying a better experience with every release. We are super excited to announce our latest release today with the brand new partnership and integration with SafeSky! 😃🥳✈️

Through this partnership, you will now see other aircraft within a 25 km radius around you in real-time right inside the Gaggle app. If Gaggle detects an aircraft will be within 1km of the your position in the next two minutes, an audio cue warning will sound, alerting you about the type of aircraft, its current position, altitude, and travel direction. A typical audio cue will sound like "Warning: Helicopter on your 3 0'clock traveling east at 5000 feet". The icon will also turn red on the map so you can quickly see all the aircraft with warnings to look out for. SafeSky gets their data from all kinds of sources so you can expect to see aeroplanes with ADS-B, Mode S, Flarm, OGN, and a lot more! You can see their full list of supported protocols here.

In turn, all Gaggle pilots using the SafeSky feature will also show up in the SafeSky app, enabling aeroplane pilots to gain more awareness of paragliding and paramotor pilots and be better prepared, avoiding unexpected surprises in the air where you might have a close call that you didn’t really want. 

To enable the SafeSky feature, Gaggle users need to opt-in by visiting the recording settings menu, tapping SafeSky, and then turning on the integration. Users can set a call sign that SafeSky users will see if they need to address them over radio communications. A privacy mode is also available which will hide the pilot’s call sign and personal information from other pilots while still showing location information.

The new integration between Gaggle and SafeSky is available to anyone to use, regardless if you have Gaggle subscription or not, and you can download the latest update today on both Android or iPhone. We are thrilled about this partnership with SafeSky and together, we hope that we are making the skies safer for everyone.

P.S: If you are a pilot flying other forms of aircraft then head over to the SafeSky website today and see if you can install it. It’s a really great app that integrates seamlessly with other apps used by aeroplane pilots, and I believe it can help all pilots to be safer if everyone joins forces to use it.  ​The SafeSky is app is available in Europe and a few other countries world wide. If you want get access to the SafeSky app in your country then please reach out to them to see when they are planning to add support for your region.

Gaggle just got a whole lot cooler for pilots with Apple Watch ! Introducing Apple Watch support to see your flight telemetry at a glance and stay connected with your group while in the air. Install the latest update from the App Store and try it out!

We've also made tons of other improvements, such as better translations, more detailed group member information, equipment customisation, and profile updates. Check out the full release notes below to learn more. Check out the full release notes below:

• Added support for Apple Watch (WatchOS 9.0 and up).
• You can now see more details about your group members and message them while flying.
• Improved translations and added support for Italian (thank you Aurelio Tonchei).
• Gaggle now remembers the equipment you use for different types of aircraft.
• Profile updates, such as name changes, now appear on older flights.
• The live tracking screen now shows your height above ground and airspaces.
• Improved the landing detection algorithm.
• Flight recordings are now grouped by date.
• Added fuel levels to the flight export log.
• And many more small bug fixes and improvements.

We hope you enjoy this update! Let us know if you run into any issues.

Happy flying everyone!

​We want all pilots to enjoy and benefit from Gaggle so we continue to offer our free tier where you can record and view your flights. Functionality that requires external services or significant processing on our end will remain a premium feature. We are also introducing the monthly plan so that you have more freedom to cancel / pause your subscription to save costs when you won’t be flying for an extended period of time. We are also looking at the possibility of introducing new pricing structures that will allow you to buy premium access for shorter periods of time when you know you will be flying often.