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The present application discloses an on-demand, portable mass data storage device useful for navigational planning and other applications. One embodiment comprises a flight planning apparatus having a formatted database and a processor control system which accesses the database in response to user i

The present application discloses an on-demand, portable mass data storage device useful for navigational planning and other applications. One embodiment comprises a flight planning apparatus having a formatted database and a processor control system which accesses the database in response to user inputs. User inputs are prompted to be coordinated with the formatting of the database to provide for optimal accessing. Particular data records may then be retrieved from the database in response to individualized user inputs, for example, in conjunction with flight planning in which particular approach and other navigational aids must be filtered from a large volume of similar information. In the preferred embodiment, sorting of the information may be done on either a geographic or a named basis. Output of the system comprises information which the user find necessary for the particular planning application. For example, air navigation flight charts may be printed in conjunction with a trip confirmation and an FAA flight plan. Also, ready cross reference between named locations and geographical identification of those named places, such as airway intersections, may be accomplished. Additionally, real time information may be provided through direct phone links. Further, customized cartographic aids may be generated for each user application by review of data in a database and generation of a symbol for particular data records with a corresponding textual identification.

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Navigation planning apparatus comprising: input means for entering selected navigation planning data; output means for sorting, selecting and providing navigation plan information to a pilot; storage means for storing navigation-related data in a selected format as a database; processor means for ge

Navigation planning apparatus comprising: input means for entering selected navigation planning data; output means for sorting, selecting and providing navigation plan information to a pilot; storage means for storing navigation-related data in a selected format as a database; processor means for generating user prompts at said input means to prompt a user to input said navigation planning data in a preselected format and responsive to said input data to sort, select, and access data in said database in storage means to generate said navigation plan information at said output means; and said input means, data storage means, including said database, and processor means being contained within a common, portable package.