ForeFlight releases version 12.2 – here’s what’s new
ForeFlight’s latest update hit the app store today with some fun new features, including a new way to visualize instrument approaches in ForeFlight’s simulated 3D environment.
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Top aviation apps for Apple Watch
There are lots of aviation apps that include Apple Watch apps along with their primary iPad/iPhone app, allowing you to access bite-size pieces of aviation data from your wrist. Here are our favorite apps to get you started.
AltitudeAlert adds vertical navigation (VNAV) feature
AltitudeAlert is one of our favorite supplemental apps and continues to add new features year after year. The latest update includes an in-flight VNAV planning feature that allows you to easily comply with IFR crossing restrictions and plan for comfortable VFR descents.
Quiz: Can you find the hidden flight planning data in ForeFlight?
While iPad apps like ForeFlight have consolidated all the flight planning resources in one convenient location, you have to know where to look in the app to find key data when planning a flight. Test your knowledge on some of these gotchas in our latest quiz.
ForeFlight 12.1 makes your flight planning smarter
One of ForeFlight’s strengths compared to other aviation apps is its ability to take common flight planning data and present it in meaningful ways to help pilots make better-informed decisions. The latest update, version 12.1, continues this focus with three new features designed to help with route planning on the ground and reduce workload in the air when viewing datalink weather imagery.
Annual maintenance checklist for your iPad
Pilots trust the iPad because it is easily the most reliable and functional tablet available today. Even with this reliability, it’s important that you periodically take time and dive deeper into your iPad’s settings, apps and accessories to make sure everything is configured properly to ensure peak performance.
iPad essential tip: how to search your iPad for lost apps
Having trouble finding an installed app on your iPad? Use this tip to quickly locate and launch a lost app in a matter of seconds.
iPad Connected Panel Buyer’s Guide
More and more connected panel options are hitting the market, allowing you to wirelessly connect your iPad to panel-mount GPS and ADS-B receivers. Here’s a rundown of all the aftermarket GA avionics options and mobile app compatibility with each.
Station Weather app brings graphical weather to iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
There’s no shortage of weather resources available to pilots in today’s popular EFB apps and they all do a great job at presenting text weather reports, interactive radar imagery and complete weather briefings for pilots. Sometimes though you just need a quick glance at the latest radar imagery, or view the updated METAR to see how things are trending. Yes, you […]
iPad apps for turbine pilots
There are a wide variety of iPad apps available designed for pilots flying turbine airplanes, including performance planning, support directories and international trip support. Check them out here in this comprehensive listing.
How to customize the Control Center on your iPad and iPhone
The hidden Control Center screen remains one of the most useful features on iPhone and iPad, allowing you to quickly access commonly-used settings and apps. It’s especially useful during iPad preflight, allowing you to quickly optimize wireless and network settings before takeoff without the need to leave your EFB app.
Top 10 aviation apps (you haven’t heard of)
There are no shortage of aviation apps available in the app store, and this list is designed to help expand your app horizons and check out some new aviation apps you might not have heard of yet.
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