It’s time for some recurrent training on the rules and best practices related to flying with an iPad in the airplane. This interactive quiz will test your knowledge and includes links to additional resources for more information on each topic.
There’s so much more to ForeFlight’s weather features than METARs and radar imagery. Here we’ll look at some of the lesser-known weather tools in the app to help better prepare you for your next flight.
We’re only a few weeks into 2016 and most of the major aviation EFB companies have already released updates adding new features to their apps. Here we’ll take a look at what’s new in ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, WingX Pro and FltPlan Go.
There is no shortage of full-featured logbook apps on the market for iPhone and iPad. While most try to pack in as many features as possible, a relatively new entrant to the field called dBrief Pilot Logbook is taking a different approach by focusing on simplicity. Check out a full review of app here.
Here’s an issue we see all the time. You’ve got the perfect weather map, ground map or nav log displayed on your iPad screen. The only problem is you’re sitting in the FBO using the free WiFi, and you’d really like to have that chart in the cockpit in half an hour. What can you do?
The new generation of portable ADS-B receivers for the iPad can receive traffic in addition to weather. But when do you see traffic? To help, we’ve created this simple graphic, which shows three common scenarios.
Like the EFB apps from ForeFlight and Garmin, Sporty’s flight training apps are continuously updated with new content and features to take advantage of the latest iOS capabilities and devices. Let’s take a look at what’s new here.
Most pilots know the Dual Electronics company for their small, red, wireless GPS receiver – as well as the XGPS170 ADS-B receiver. Now the company has introduced its latest model, the XGPS190.
At iPad Pilot News we’re dedicated to helping pilots keep up with the latest in mobile technology, covering new apps, accessories and best practices for flying in a paperless cockpit. Here’s a rundown of all the different ways you can read our articles, including dedicated iPad apps and social media options.
Five years after the first iPad shipped, lots of people are still confused about whether the tablet actually has a GPS in it. And if it does have a GPS, is it a “real” one? Let’s bust some myths and settle the issue once and for all.
We continue our ForeFlight video tip series this week with 3 new topics from Sporty’s Flying with ForeFlight training course. These are designed to help pilots get the most out of ForeFlight and stay proficient with aviation’s leading app.
WingX Pro has released a few updates this month with some additions to the app. These mainly focus on moving map enhancements, support for additional ADS-B receivers and app refinements. We’ll take a look at the highlights here.
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