Imagine if you could turn your smartphone into an aviation radio with almost unlimited range. That’s pretty much what the LiveATC Air Radio app does. Open up the app and choose one of 450 airports around the world, and in seconds you’re listening to ATC and airplanes communicate in real time.
Sometimes you need to do two things at once on your iPad, like look at two charts side by side, or compare your flight plan route against the moving map. The Garmin Pilot app makes it easy to do this, with their powerful split screen feature. While some other apps have split screen, we think Garmin does it best, with great information displays that are not available in any other app.
Sporty’s will once again be presenting its popular “Flying with the iPad” seminar at the 2012 AOPA Aviation Summit in Palm Springs, California. The annual show kicks off October 11 with three days of seminars, exhibits and the famous “Parade of Planes” static airplane display.
One of the best features of iPad apps like ForeFlight Mobile is how easy they make it to organize and update your instrument approach charts. But how do you keep all your charts organized? Here are some tips to help.
Ever wish you could play back your flight, either to relive a long trip or debrief a lesson? With CloudAhoy, a free app for the iPad, you can do exactly that–including a moving map and detailed logs of your groundspeed, altitude and more.
Unless you are living under a rock, you probably heard that Apple announced the latest version of their best-selling iPhone today–the iPhone 5. Why should pilots care? Actually, there are some new features here that are helpful for pilots.
The iPad makes it easy to read aviation magazines that were previously unavailable in the US. The latest app from Loop is a great example, and is a free download.
The original Kindle Fire was a great deal, but couldn’t compete with the iPad on performance. That may have changed today, as Amazon introduced three new tablets–called the Kindle Fire HD. Are they a real threat to the iPad?
An under-appreciated feature for pilots is document storage and organization. But one issue is that you first have to get your paper documents into a digital format. This can be a difficult process in some cases, so we were excited to find TurboScan, a handy app that lets you scan almost anything using your iPhone and turn it into a PDF.
Could the days of “please turn all electronic devices off until 10,000 feet” be coming to an end? Maybe. We explain how to contribute your opinion.
While ADS-B weather is fairly well understood, some new models (like the GDL 39) add ADS-B traffic to the mix. This subject is more complicated and there has been a great deal of confusion about when and how pilots can view this traffic information. In this article, we’ll try to explain in plain English what ADS-B traffic is, how to get it and what the limitations are.
One year after announcing an ambitious plan to connect iPads to panel avionics, Aspen Avionics has received STC approval for Connected Pilot, the first in their planned line of Connected Panel products. The product is a complete two-way solution, including both hardware and software.
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