Tag: Aviation iPad

iPad 3G ForeFlight HD Test Video

For those of who’ve been following along with the status of ForeFlight Mobile 3 HD on the iPad, then you should have received (and hopefully installed) the version 3.5 update a few days back.  Version 3.5 brings us a new moving map feature complete with heads up display showing aircraft groundspeed, GPS altitude, track, and a RAIM like accuracy prediction.

A few weeks before this killer-features upgrade, a blog post was put out by the folks at ForeFlight where they went flying in a Cirrus SR22 to test, what we now know to be, the version 3.5 features.  During the flight, app developer Jason Miller recorded a demonstration video where an in-flight comparison was documented between the heads up display on ForeFlight for iPad and the data provided by a Garmin 296 handheld aviation GPS.

The results were pretty astonishing to say the least! To watch the original video recorded by Jason Miller and his dad, check out iPad 3G Flight Test and First Impressions by blog.foreflight.com.

Clear Skies and Calm Winds,

Len @ ThePilotReport.com

Will The iPad Change GA Cockpits?

The implications for iPad usage in GA aircraft are HUGE.  The day it launched in the USA I ventured out to the local Apple store to try one out.

While I was there I decided to give ForeFlight Mobile 3 HD a play and admit that single application was the make or break decision for me.  Once I saw how elegant ForeFlight Mobile was, I knew I had to have an iPad.

And don’t worry because we’ll be making plenty of video reviews for iPad and it’s aviation super powers.

Read more about the iPad’s possibilities for GA users at http://www.aopa.org/flightplanning/articles/2010/100506ipad.html

Cheers!