Pilots face challenges effectively integrating iPads into the cockpit, but various accessories offer practical solutions for mounting and securing tablets.
Key players like Sporty's and MyGoFlight provide a range of mounts, cases, and pilot bags designed to enhance iPad usability in flight.
MyGoFlight's iPad Folio is a durable, multi-functional kneeboard case that integrates a checklist and mount, allowing device rotation for optimal viewing.
Sporty's iPad Case features a built-in battery pack, effectively doubling the iPad's on-time to prevent power loss during long cross-country flights.
Once you’ve bought your iPad, downloaded your favorite app and synced it with your portable ADS-B box, the question remains: How do you work this new device into the cockpit?
Those of us who have balanced, stowed, dropped and lost iPads in the cockpit know it’s not as easy as it sounds.
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A commercial pilot, Isabel Goyer has been flying for more than 40 years, with hundreds of different aircraft in her logbook and thousands of hours. An award-winning aviation writer, photographer and editor, Ms. Goyer led teams at Sport Pilot, Air Progress and Flying before coming to Plane & Pilot in 2015.
