(April 2011) WHILE APPLICATIONS FOR handheld devices have been an intriguing development for some time, the introduction of the iPad has absolutely changed the competitive marketplace in aviation. Dozens of apps, including capable suites from ForeFlight and X-Wing, have made the 10-inch portable from Apple into a must-have pilot pal.
Sporty’s Pilot Shop, which helped pioneer the move to online chart access almost a decade ago, has a history too of teaming with experts when it develops a new product. In this case, it chose ForeFlight. The idea was to create a simple but elegant chart viewer that did what pilots asked and did it well.
