There’s a lot for student pilots to consider when buying an iPad for use during flight training, including iPad model, apps, GPS, mounting and more. Here we’ll break down the options in basic terms and give some advice on how to get started.
Hilton and the developers at WingX Pro7 have been busy the past few months, releasing several updates that add additional functionality and improve the user-experience of the popular EFB app.
ForeFlight offers one of the most comprehensive set of flight management features among EFB apps today, accessed right from the Edit section of the Route Editor on the Maps page. Here we’ll show how to use each function over the course of a typical IFR flight.
Most pilots have a favorite tip or two when it comes to flying with the iPad, and we always learn something when we fly with another pilot. So we asked four Sporty’s pilots who regularly fly with the iPad to share their top tips.
Looking for a fun aviation app to feed your aviation fix over the holiday weekend? We suggest checking out this realistic iPad flight simulator, which allows you to fly one of 21 exciting airplanes in a variety of wilderness environments.
Apple includes a free service that allows you to track down a lost iPhone or iPad. Here we’ll show you how it works and how to set it up a free account to use this feature.
ForeFlight is incredibly capable app for pilots, but do you know how to use all the features? This interactive quiz will test your ForeFlight knowledge and teach you a few things along the way.
The latest update to the Garmin Pilot app adds some useful new features to the app, including automatic night mode, PIREP filtering on the maps page and the ability to transfer flight plans between the D2 Bravo smartwatch and the Garmin Pilot app.
A new app from Honeywell Aerospace provides a unique way to research and brief instrument approaches by allowing you to visualize procedures in a 3D environment right on your iPad.
There are literally hundreds of settings in the main iPad settings app, which can make it difficult to sort out the useful ones from the clutter. Here we’ll look at 7 important settings pilots should know about and adjust accordingly.
The Aerovie reports app continues to pack in new features in 2016, and the latest update adds a new intelligent flight planning tool to help pick fuel stops and alternate airports when the weather is low.
Unplanned holds tend to get assigned at the most inopportune times, towards the end of a flight when the weather is bad. A new app aims to take some of the guesswork out of flying a hold, by allowing you to enter all the pertinent data and displaying both instructions and a visualization of the procedure right on your iPad.
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