ForeFlight adds new graphical weight and balance options

This update includes a dynamic, graphical weight and balance feature that provides a visual representation of your aircraft’s cabin layout.
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Infinite Flight Update Includes Sporty’s Flight Maneuvers

Infinite Flight recently released a significant update to its app, adding some exciting and ground-breaking new training features. This includes new flight training scenarios developed in collaboration with Sporty's, new curated challenges, SimBrief integration, a reworked Cessna 208 Caravan, Human ATC and more.
Flight Gear iPad Organizer Kneeboard

Accessory review: new kneeboard, flight bag, and battery pack

To get the most out of our EFB, a few additional accessories are worth considering, like ADS-B receivers and charging products. There is always something new in this market, and in this post we'll review three products we've been testing recently.

Pilot’s Guide to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18

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There's a big software update available for your iPhone and iPad: iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. Here's a recap of what's new and advice on when you should update.
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iOS screen gestures: how to navigate your iPad faster

You can do almost everything on your iPad without touching a button—in fact, all the new iPhone and iPad models have removed the home button completely. Whether it’s closing an app, switching apps, opening the control center, or searching for something, iOS has multiple gestures that can save time or unlock additional features.

New iPhone 16 announced with focus on Apple Intelligence

Modest feature updates announced in the new models, with an emphasis on increased processor horsepower to support the proprietary Apple Intelligence.

Check the weather on your wrist with ForeFlight’s Apple Watch app

The ForeFlight app for Apple Watch allows you to check local weather and complement your preflight planning with airport details like runways, NOTAMs, and much more.

How to use the Sentry Plus advanced features

Sentry Plus is the most capable ADS-B receiver on the market, providing a wealth of in-flight navigation, weather, traffic and safety awareness features. Here we're going to take a look at its advanced settings, to help you best customize it for your specific flight operation.

Quiz: What do these aviation iPad app acronyms mean?

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Aviation has always been full of acronyms and the growth of new FAA services and the iPad means there are now more acronyms than ever to learn. Take our latest quiz and see if you know the meaning of these codes in ForeFlight and other aviation apps. 

ForeFlight improves flight planning in latest update

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The latest update to ForeFlight adds new advanced flight planning tools and includes evening and morning civil twilight times for airports.

How to scan aviation manuals into your favorite EFB app

It's common for pilots to go completely paperless in the cockpit, which requires scanning some paper documents first. Fortunately, Apple includes some hidden capabilities in the Notes app, including a powerful scanner utility.
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Understanding pressure altitude and GPS altitude in aviation apps

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If you've flown with synthetic vision for long, you've probably noticed that the speed and altitude don't match the panel. What's going on. The answer is pretty simple—the panel and the iPad are showing different data from different sources—but the details are important. Here's a somewhat geeky dive into the details.