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Month: May 2010

  • iPad 3G Flight Test and First Impressions

    Jason Miller, one of the ForeFlight co-founders and principal developer on ForeFlight HD, prepared a video report of his overall impressions of iPad 3G and GPS performance after a series of test flights recently conducted in ForeFlight One, our SR22 GTS and test-bed platform. During this flight, Jason took the SR22 up to 11,500′ and monitored…

  • Are EFBs Legal for Use? Are they safe?

    We receive a lot of email inquiries asking about the legality of using an iPad in aviation and as an EFB in cockpit to replace paper plates and charts. We typically point to the relevant advisory circulars and publications by experts to help customers determine for themselves if the type of flying they do allows…

  • ForeFlight at Cirrus Migration 8

    ForeFlight’s Jason Miller will be attending this year’s Cirrus Migration, the annual get-together for Cirrus owners.  This year’s Migration will be held June 17-19 in Dayton, OH. ForeFlight will also be a bronze sponsor of the event, providing a “Migration 8” t-shirt for all attendees as part of their welcome package.  If you’ll be there,…

  • iPad Flight Plan Filing and Briefing, Version 3.4

    ForeFlight Mobile HD 3.4 has landed in the iTunes App Store and brings full-screen flight plan filing and briefing to the iPad. Customers who have enjoyed filing flight plans on their iPhones will be delighted to find ForeFlight 3.4 on the iPad importing all previously filed plans. Download your plans, copy a favorite, update the…

  • iPad Aviation, AOPA, and FSDO Approval

    Sarah Brown of the AOPA pushed a piece about iPad aviation on Friday titled “How will the iPad change the GA cockpit?” featuring ForeFlight Mobile HD. Some interesting nuggets and links from the article about iPad aviation and the FAA advisory circulars that apply: “The iPad has not—or at least not yet—gone through the process of…