AOPA iPads become handy new cockpit tool for pilots
The Federal Aviation Administration insists pilots rely on traditional paper charts while flying, but it recently approved the iPad as a secondary tool for in-flight cockpit computations. A growing number of tech-savvy pilots are making the tablets cockpit must-haves. “I knew it would come.. I saw it coming. I have the worldwide charts on the iPad right now,” said general aviation pilot Jeff Curl. WCNC-TV (Charlotte, N.C.)
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