Even with glass cockpits becoming increasingly popular, student pilots and new instrument pilots still have a lot to learn about navigation instruments. The Radio Navigation Simulator app can help. This affordable, easy-to-use app is a great way to learn how to use VOR, DME, ADF, RMI and HSI.
We have dozens of ForeFlight tips on this website, but in this article we’ll try to cover the basic information that a new ForeFlight user needs to get started. We’ll also link to many of the other tips on ForeFlight on iPad Pilot News.
Buying the perfect gift for a pilot can be a difficult task (just ask the non-pilot gift buyer in your family). Here’s our selection of the top 10 things iPad pilots are talking about this Christmas
The number of aviation apps has exploded over the past two years, with thousands of options for flight training, weather briefings, games and so much more. With that in mind, compiling a list of the top 10 apps may seem foolish, but we’re going to try–after all, a brand new iPad pilot needs to start somewhere.
Two new all-in-one cockpit apps have recently hit the App Store, from two well-known names in aviation: Bendix/King’s myWingman and AOPA’s FlyQ EFB. These new apps join an already crowded marketplace, going head to head with established leaders ForeFlight, WingX and Garmin. Can the new players match up?
A recent trip from Florida in a Piper Aztec provided an excellent opportunity to test out the new Garmin GDL 39 ADS-B receiver. Hooked up via Bluetooth to an iPad equipped with the Garmin Pilot App, I set off to see how much traffic we would see on the screen vs. out the window.
Sporty’s Pilot Shop recently hosted a webinar on Advanced iPad Flying. The hour-long session included iPad power user tips, a legal briefing for pilots and ForeFlight Mobile tips. The event was recorded, and the video recording is now available
Last week, we offered 5 quick tips for ForeFlight. Today, we’ll present another 5 tips you can try right away, this time for WingX. This powerful app has loads of features, but you may not know about all of them.
The iPad has a built-in feature that allows you to invert the colors on the screen. This is very useful when viewing approach charts at night by showing white text and graphics on a black background, and it’s easy to set up.
Being a pilot or aircraft owner often means keeping up with lots of currency issues, like flight reviews, annual inspections and medical expirations. Fortunately, the iPad has a built-in feature that makes it easy to stay current.
MyRadar has been one of our favorite free radar apps for a long time. There’s nothing fancy here, but it works and is easy to use. Recent upgrades have made this an even better app, with new features just for pilots.
Most of the major aviation navigation apps we use are packed with more features than we could ever understand. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some really useful tools available if we know how to use them. Here are 5 helpful tools that are available in ForeFlight Mobile.
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