New iPad app for flight instructors

A new iPad app recently hit the app store designed specifically for CFIs, that provides helpful resources to keep your student's training organized and provide the content needed to effectively teach ground and flight lessons.

MyRadar adds TFR display

The MyRadar app remains one of our favorite apps for checking radar imagery before a flight. The latest update adds a new TFR layer to the map, making this app even more useful for pilots.

AvTutorials releases new interactive training apps

AvTutorials recently released interactive iPad app versions of its popular pilot training programs, including Getting Around on the Ground, Airborne Radar and Mastering Stick and Rudder. We'll take a look at each here and review the training content in each.

LogTen Pro introduces all-new apps, pricing model

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LogTen Pro, our top pick among pilot logbook apps, announced some major updates recently. They also changed to a subscription-based pricing model. We'll examine what's new.

Use your iPhone 6 as a backup altimeter

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One of the new hardware features added to the new iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 is a barometric pressure sensor. A new app called BaroAltimeter takes advantage of this and turns your device into an accurate Altimeter.

New app helps you shoot smoother in-flight videos

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Shooting video in the airplane can be challenging in turbulent air. A new app can help with this by automatically smoothing out video shot with your iPhone or iPad.

Garmin Pilot expands coverage into Canada

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Garmin continues to lead the US app market with the most feature-rich international coverage options. The latest update adds a new option that provides charts, navigation data, weather, terrain and more for Canada.

Sporty’s updates Android pilot training apps

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Sporty's recently updated its collection of Android applications for pilots, centered around improving the user-experience and making them more tablet-friendly.

Fltplan.com introduces iPhone app

The free FltPlan Go app, popular for flight planning and airport information, is now available for iPhone. Find out what you can do with this new app.

Jeppesen offers lower-cost app subscriptions

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Jeppesen charts have traditionally been used by airline and corporate pilots flying both in the US and around the globe. In an effort to better-appeal to general aviation pilots, Jepp recently announced lower pricing on US subscriptions for the Mobile FD app.

ForeFlight adds weight and balance and track logs

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The latest update to ForeFlight adds a new track logging feature and weight and balance utility. These add some some useful preflight and postflight capabilities to an app that already excels at in-flight use.

Garmin Pilot goes global with version 6.2

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We've written before about the great strides Garmin has made with its Pilot app, but this has always been limited (like most major apps) to US pilots. That is changing with version 6.2 of Garmin Pilot - the app now provides worldwide flight planning, weather and navigation features.