[Swordmaker]

The FAA has approved the Apple iPad and Jeppeson Aeronautical App to replace paper charts for pilots in flying aircraft—PING!

Apple iPads in the Air Ping!

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[wastedyears]

I’ve been wondering what FAA/TSA regs are regarding atomic watches.

[WellyP]

If you fly or sail without paper back-up you deserve what may happend to you!

[IrishCatholic]

Hey Mischief,
Is this something that would come your way? Would it save you in costs, or would you trust it? Just curious as to how smaller private aviation feels about downloading charts.

[Young Werther]

For ground operations a GPS should be standard equipment. With a airport runway map in the GPS there would be no taxi accidents where the pilot takes off on th wrong runway as happened several years ago where a jet attempted take off on a closed runway where heavy equipment was parked and not visible in the night.

My nephew, an electrical engineer is working in the Atlantic City airspace to upgrade the FAAs flight rules. Today air spacing by altitude and trail distance is based on 1970s technology. Enroute radars were such that an aircraft blip was about 1/2 mile in diameter. Thats why east west air highways were vertically spaced at 2000 feet separation and trailing by about six miles. The navy has been landing fighter jets on aircraft carriers using GPS technology and Boeing has landed a 737 with a touchdown of lass than 100 yds from its intended touchdown point.

It is time to bring air traffic control technology into the 21st Century!

[CodeToad]

While I applaud this move for the iPad, the systems in question have been available for a long time on PC based platforms.

[Turbopilot]

I wonder whether and how they dealt with the overheating issue. It doesn’t seem like something the FAA would overlook.