iPads...

Airlines are just now starting to test them officially. Alaska is doing company manuals, so is American, us at AWAC and I think one or two other regionals. No air carrier has been approved for charts yet and I think it will still be a while because we have to have it mounted in the aircraft to use is as a true EFB.

As far as general aviation...I think it is becoming more and more common but they don't have the same rules as we do.
 
Personally, I was very skeptical over switching to EFB's. However, I started using an iPad about three months ago. I'm not a 121/135 pilot, flying under 91 only. Still working out some bugs while making the transition.

As a flight instructor- I see every student pilot has one to go with their aviators.
 
A lot of the 777s have built in EFBs. American maybe using those if they are installed. They could be using it for charts. You just need a mounting device for it and to run no less than 6 months side by side with paper charts.
 
Bushmaster78FS said:
How common are iPads in the cockpit nowadays ?
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Last month I flew a trip in the Viking over 2400 miles both VFR and IFR (2 hours in IMC) using only my iPad. 90 minutes after departing Chino I didn't have paper charts, never gave it a second thought.

Coming home I flew 8.9 hours in one day. I didn't have a charger for the plane so I had to turn the iPad off when I didn't need it. Note to self: Turn off the cell service next time.
 
Ajax BU, is there a good "getting started" tutorial that you would recommend for Foreflight, or do the videos within Foreflight itself do a good job?
 
fholbert said:
Last month I flew a trip in the Viking over 2400 miles both VFR and IFR (2 hours in IMC) using only my iPad. 90 minutes after departing Chino I didn't have paper charts, never gave it a second thought.

Coming home I flew 8.9 hours in one day. I didn't have a charger for the plane so I had to turn the iPad off when I didn't need it. Note to self: Turn off the cell service next time.
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Does your plane have a cigarette lighter?
 
I'm really thinking about making the switch... just giving myself time to cool down and make sure I really want one. The thing I'm not excited about is paying for another data subscription, as I've already got a nice iFly mounted in my plane, granted updates are only $90 per year... but you know stuff all adds up. I'm just really liking the idea of not having to haul around paper and having ready access to all records and reference materials is really attractive.
 
ozziecat35 said:
Ajax BU, is there a good "getting started" tutorial that you would recommend for Foreflight, or do the videos within Foreflight itself do a good job?
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Honestly, I've never used any sort of training aid. I've found it to be really easy to use, just play around with it for an hour or so and it begins to make sense.

One bit of advice that isn't done by foreflight is to change your triple-click home in the general ipad settings to invert the screen. That makes it easier when doing an approach at night, the white parts become black and the black to white, which makes it infinitely easier to see
 
But we are talking about specifically Apple iPads right not Android tablets ... I don't know if they will require us as students at ASU I guess I'll save for one.

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So is Foreflight pretty much the way to go? Or does anyone prefer other apps for nav tools? I know one guy locally who uses WingX but he seems so-so about it.

What are the best apps for FAR lookups and can you make notes within the regs?

Other than importing an excel spreadsheet or PDF or something like that, any good apps for organizing student records/lesson plans/syllabus?

Any other "essential" apps you've found?
 
rframe said:
So is Foreflight pretty much the way to go? Or does anyone prefer other apps for nav tools? I know one guy locally who uses WingX but he seems so-so about it.

What are the best apps for FAR lookups and can you make notes within the regs?

Other than importing an excel spreadsheet or PDF or something like that, any good apps for organizing student records/lesson plans/syllabus?

Any other "essential" apps you've found?
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Pocket planes:p
 
I have been using foreflight for about 1 year. It s worth it for the charts alone. You are able to print to a compatible printer any charts in your subscription. I usually have a paper back up that I printed out for airports that I am flying into but have not had o use them yet. The best part is my little fighter plane appears right on the chart. great for conceptualizing holds.
 
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