Flying with ForeFlight webinar recording now available

Sporty's recently hosted a webinar on ForeFlight Mobile that offered a detailed look at the app and walked pilots through two different real world scenarios. The recording of the presentation, packed with over an hour of tips and tricks, is now available for review

How to receive ForeFlight audio alerts through your headset

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ForeFlight mobile offers several in-flight audio alerts to help get your attention at critical times. Here we'll show you how to connect your iPad to your headset to hear these in the air.

NRST: find the nearest airport with this handy app

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The NRST airport finder app is ideal for those situations when you need to quickly locate and navigate to an airport during an emergency or diversion. We'll review it here and show how it can also help with routine descent planning.

Three iPad seminars this weekend at Sporty’s Fly-in

The annual Sporty's Pilot Shop Fly-in is this Saturday, May 17, at the Clermont County Airport (I69). Three seminars will cover the iPad, from Sporty's, Garmin and ForeFlight.

ForeFlight traffic tips

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In previous articles, we've covered the theory behind ADS-B traffic and how it works. Here, we'll offer seven practical tips for actually using the service in ForeFlight, including some advanced settings to consider.

Don’t let your iPad overheat — and crash

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The iPad is a very reliable piece of hardware, but high temps and direct sunlight will render it useless in the cockpit if care is not taken. Here we'll look at how to prevent that from happening and the steps to take if your iPad does accidentally overheat.

Sporty’s flight training apps add new achievement features

Sporty's is continuously updating and improving its Learn to Fly Course app, and the latest update adds new progress tracking, achievements and social media sharing features. Learn all about them here.

RAM introduces X-Grip mounts for 10″ tablets

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RAM is well-known for making some of the best iPad mounts for pilots, but most of them include custom-molded cradles that fit the iPad snugly. That's a problem for pilots who fly with a case on their tablets, so RAM has introduced a series of universal mounts called the X-Grip.

Behind the apps: interview with ForeFlight CEO Tyson Weihs

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For our latest Behind the Apps profile, we visited ForeFlight's offices in Austin, Texas. We sat down with CEO Tyson Weihs to talk about the company's quick rise, the pilots who work on the app and how they approach software development.

How to close an app in iOS 7–the right way

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Everyone knows how to open an app on the iPad--just tap the icon and it's off to the races. This is one of the things pilots love about the iPad. But what about closing apps--do you know the difference between sleeping and shutting down an app? It's an important distinction.

ForeFlight adds 400 new airport diagrams

ForeFlight is working to create a detailed airport diagram for every airport in the U.S., and the latest database update adds 400 new ones. Learn how to access them here.

FAA completes ADS-B network

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In a rare case of a government agency hitting a deadline (well, almost), the FAA announced this month that the nationwide network of ADS-B ground stations is complete. Check out the final map in this article.