Garmin Pilot expands coverage into Canada

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Garmin continues to lead the US app market with the most feature-rich international coverage options. The latest update adds a new option that provides charts, navigation data, weather, terrain and more for Canada.

ForeFlight’s new track log feature in action

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One of the major new features added in ForeFlight version 6.3 is track log, which allows pilots to record their flight using a GPS source and then play it back in a variety of ways. Here, we'll show the whole process in action.

Sporty’s updates Android pilot training apps

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Sporty's recently updated its collection of Android applications for pilots, centered around improving the user-experience and making them more tablet-friendly.

Essential iPad tip – screen capture

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Here's an issue we see all the time. You've got the perfect weather map, ground map or nav log displayed on your iPad screen. The only problem is you're sitting in the FBO using the free WiFi, and you'd really like to have that chart in the cockpit in half an hour. What can you do?

WingX Pro tip: customizing the moving map window layouts

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The WingX Pro moving map page provides a wide variety of configuration options to display multiple windows simultaneously. Here we'll show you the various options and how to set them up.

Fltplan.com introduces iPhone app

The free FltPlan Go app, popular for flight planning and airport information, is now available for iPhone. Find out what you can do with this new app.

Tips for using Garmin Pilot with the VIRB camera

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The Garmin VIRB is quickly becoming the preferred video camera among pilots, with its long battery life, color screen and built-in GPS. But one of the other nice features is its integration with Garmin's popular Pilot app, which allows you to control every feature of the VIRB remotely.

Jeppesen offers lower-cost app subscriptions

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Jeppesen charts have traditionally been used by airline and corporate pilots flying both in the US and around the globe. In an effort to better-appeal to general aviation pilots, Jepp recently announced lower pricing on US subscriptions for the Mobile FD app.

iPad Troubleshooting: cycle the power

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This week's iPad tip explains how a simple power reset can solve app problems, wireless accessory issues and sluggish performance.

ForeFlight adds weight and balance and track logs

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The latest update to ForeFlight adds a new track logging feature and weight and balance utility. These add some some useful preflight and postflight capabilities to an app that already excels at in-flight use.

AOPA exits the EFB market

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AOPA announced last week that they are exiting EFB market, and will instead offer a new free app focused on member needs next year.

New SiriusXM wireless weather receiver for iPad

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While ADS-B is a great subscription-free source for datalink weather for iPad, some pilots depend on the additional features and utility of a satellite-based weather feed. A new wireless receiver from SiriusXM was just announced and makes it easier than ever to receive and display this data on your iPad.