Pilots have been crowd-sourcing data for decades (PIREPs!), long before the days of Waze police reports and Google Maps traffic updates. The latest update in ForeFlight improves one of its main crowd-sourcing features, by offering an improved flow for updating FBO fuel prices.
More and more pilots are going completely paperless in the cockpit, but that requires some paper documents to be scanned first. Fortunately, Apple includes some hidden capabilities in the Notes app, including the addition of a powerful scanner utility. This can be used to scan just about any type of physical document.
It’s a decision every pilot makes when purchasing a new iPad: should I spend the extra money and buy the model with an internal GPS? We recently went flying with a new iPad mini with a built-in GPS to test it out and help determine if it’s the right upgrade for you.
Charging technology has come a long way since 2010 when the iPad first debuted. Here’s what to look for when upgrading your charger and cables.
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.
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 found in ForeFlight and other aviation apps.
ForeFlight released a new aviation app for Apple Watch and it’s included for all current ForeFlight subscribers. Here’s a quick look at how to use it and why it’s a must have for ForeFlight pilots.
While airline mobile apps are great for booking flights and accessing boarding passes, they’re less than ideal for flight tracking. Here’s a look at various ways to track all the details for your next airline flight from your iPhone or iPad.
The iPad’s software settings allow you to customize which apps can use your location to improve the user experience. While this is essential for moving map navigation apps in the airplane, you’ll find that it’s not necessarily important for all types of apps to be able to access this data. Here we’ll show you how to customize these settings to improve your iPad’s battery life.
The 2023 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh app is now available for iOS and Android, and features full event schedules, exhibitor list, interactive grounds maps and much more.
The iPad is one of the most stable computing platforms available today, but it is still susceptible to external factors that can cause it to become unresponsive in flight. Test your iPad troubleshooting knowledge in our latest quiz and learn how to avoid potential pitfalls when using the iPad in the cockpit.
The latest update to Garmin Pilot is now available in the App Store and adds a few new convenience features to improve your experience with the app. This includes a new light color scheme, the ability to flight plan based on pre-determined arrival time, and improvements to the Database Concierge wireless update capability.
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