ForeFlight continues to surge ahead in the aviation market by continuously adding new innovative features. The latest upgrade allows you to view enhanced Stadium TFRs on the map page and adds geo-referenced approach plates for Canada.
Avidyne recently released a new training simulator app for its upcoming IFD540 GPS/NAV/COM aircraft panel-mount receiver. We’ll highlight the features and show you what the app has to offer here.
The popular flight planning website FltPlan.com recently released a new navigation app for Android, called FltPlan Go. We’ll highlight the new features here and show why you can’t beat its price.
There are hundreds of articles on iPad Pilot News covering a wide range of topics, from iPad apps to GPS and weather accessories. Here we collected the most helpful ones for those just starting out with an iPad in aviation.
The latest update to ForeFlight adds a new preflight feature that automatically verifies all your charts are downloaded for the entered route. We’ll show you how to use it here.
ForeFlight mobile offers several in-flight audio alerts to help get your attention at critical times. Here we’ll show you how to connect your iPad to your headset to hear these in the air.
The NRST airport finder app is ideal for those situations when you need to quickly locate and navigate to an airport during an emergency or diversion. We’ll review it here and show how it can also help with routine descent planning.
The annual Sporty’s Pilot Shop Fly-in is this Saturday, May 17, at the Clermont County Airport (I69). Three seminars will cover the iPad, from Sporty’s, Garmin and ForeFlight.
The iPad is a very reliable piece of hardware, but high temps and direct sunlight will render it useless in the cockpit if care is not taken. Here we’ll look at how to prevent that from happening and the steps to take if your iPad does accidentally overheat.
Sporty’s is continuously updating and improving its Learn to Fly Course app, and the latest update adds new progress tracking, achievements and social media sharing features. Learn all about them here.
Everyone knows how to open an app on the iPad–just tap the icon and it’s off to the races. This is one of the things pilots love about the iPad. But what about closing apps–do you know the difference between sleeping and shutting down an app? It’s an important distinction.
ForeFlight is working to create a detailed airport diagram for every airport in the U.S., and the latest database update adds 400 new ones. Learn how to access them here.
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