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ForeFlight Enables Wi-Fi Link to X-Plane Sim

Forget the adapters, the wires, the confusion about which third-party product to buy – ForeFlight and the makers of the X-Plane flight simulator have put their considerable brain power together to enable seamless integration of the ForeFlight Mobile app on an iPad and the latest version of X-Plane 10 using nothing more than your home […]

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ForeFlight Adds Runway Proximity Advisor

ForeFlight has added new functionality to version 4.7 of its ForeFlight Mobile aviation app. The big news is the Runway Proximity Advisor (RPA), which allows the app to provide audio and visual alerts to pilots as they approach, enter or cross a runway. As you approach or enter a runway, a pop-up label that shows […]

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ForeFlight Gains QICP Approval

ForeFlight, maker of the popular iPad electronic chart app, announced it has earned certification as an FAA Qualified Internet Communication Provider (QICP). The qualification allows private and commercial flight operations to use ForeFlight as their official source for weather information. A small number of companies – including Jeppesen, WSI, XM WX, Universal Weather and a […]

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ForeFlight iPad App Goes to College

ForeFlight has announced a deal for students at the University of North Dakota and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University to get ForeFlight Mobile Pro, the all-in-one planning, navigation, data and weather app, as part of their student package. The deal, part of ForeFlight’s expanding educational license program, underscores the importance of the company’s announcement earlier this […]

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ForeFlight Review: Newest Version is Best Yet

There’s lots of good news with the latest update of ForeFlight Mobile. Version 4.4 improves on the already silky-smooth interface and adds a few handy features, the most noteworthy of which is Documents, which might not be worth the mention if it weren’t for the fact that ForeFlight is a world-class app to begin with. […]

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Avionics and Gear

ForeFlight on Your Airplane’s MFD?

At Sun ‘n Fun Aspen Avionics was showing off its CG100 Connected Panel product in its Cirrus SR22. The device, which goes behind the panel and links to an iPad or other devices via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or USB, goes for around $2,500. Aspen expects it to be certified soon. Connected Panel allows the pilot to […]

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ForeFlight Manage App Targets Fleet Users

For those operators who have several pilots flying for them, or even a changing cast of characters, the use of electronic charts, principally iPad charts, has offered great savings over the past couple of years. Now ForeFlight, which has developed the best selling charting app, ForeFlight Mobile (the winner of a 2011 Flying Editors’ Choice […]

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Win a Free iPad with ForeFlight and Other Cool Prizes!

How does a free iPad 2 with ForeFlight sound? Like us on Facebook and enter to win this and other great prizes for aviation enthusiasts. The prizes are as follows: Grand Prize – An iPad 2 – A one-year subscription to ForeFlight – An iPad Starter Kit from Sporty’s, which includes a Bluetooth GPS, a […]

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ForeFlight Expands Into Canada

iPad app developer ForeFlight has added coverage of Canada to its all-in-one iPad app, making it only the second electronic chart provider we know of to include international coverage in its offerings. The other, of course, is Jeppesen, which offers worldwide coverage. ForeFlight’s achievement should not be underestimated. ForeFlight co-founder Tyson Weihs told me the […]

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