iPad Flight Review – 8 key questions

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Ok, you’ve been flying with the iPad for several years and the thought of manually calculating the time en route to your destination or unfolding a sectional chart in the cockpit makes you cringe. But like everything in aviation, it pays dividends to spend some time brushing up on the basics to keep your knowledge and skills sharp. Take our latest quiz to see where you stand.

1. What type of backup does the FAA require when using the iPad as an electronic flight bag (EFB)?
1. What type of backup does the FAA require when using the iPad as an electronic flight bag (EFB)?
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2. What is one way to extend the life of your iPad battery during a flight if no charging sources are available?
2. What is one way to extend the life of your iPad battery during a flight if no charging sources are available?
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3. What course of action should you take if your iPad overheats in the airplane?
3. What course of action should you take if your iPad overheats in the airplane?
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4. What is the best way during preflight to check that the required charts for your upcoming flight?
4. What is the best way during preflight to check that the required charts for your upcoming flight?
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5. When using an iPad app as a preflight weather resource, you are required to use the “official weather briefing” function from Flight Service to be legal.
5. When using an iPad app as a preflight weather resource, you are required to use the “official weather briefing” function from Flight Service to be legal.
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6. What are the mounting requirements specified by AC 91-78 when flying with an iPad?
6. What are the mounting requirements specified by AC 91-78 when flying with an iPad?
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7. How can you view text and graphical weather updates on your iPad while flying en route?
7. How can you view text and graphical weather updates on your iPad while flying en route?
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8. While flying with the iPad you start to hear some radio interference through your headset. What is the most likely culprit?
8. While flying with the iPad you start to hear some radio interference through your headset. What is the most likely culprit?
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  1. Gabe Buntzman
    Gabe Buntzman says:

    This Q&A could use some work.

    Q1. All of choices individually are ONE way to extend battery life. Maybe dimming is the best choice but not the only choice.

    Q7. Assuming one already has the iPad and EFB, ADSB IN incurs an incremental cost for the receiver, possibly hundreds of dollars. A call to FSS and tuning ASOS, AWOS and ATIS, not to mention monitoring CTAFs and ATC along the way are zero incremental cost assuming you have radios. ADSB May be the easiest and most efficient way time-wise but probably not the most cost effective method which is what the question asked for.

    Sorry, I rate this quiz “Landed wheels up.”

    • Lars Perkins
      Lars Perkins says:

      The question was, “What is the most cost-effective way to receive in-flight weather updates on your iPad?” not “What is the most cost-effective way to receive in-flight weather updates”.

      ASOS, AWOS etc. aren’t going to give you weather on your iPad.

      Also, your comment on Q1 is actually a comment on Q2.

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