Aviation Apps

Apple’s App Store has just released Bendix/King’s new aviation navigator app, myWingMan. The app is very intuitive and has some interesting features that pilots will likely love. The app allows for up to one, two or three split screens to be displayed at one time, and by tapping one of the split-screens with two fingertips, […]

Jeppesen and partner Gael Ltd. of the UK have created an upgraded Apple iOS app for airlines that is designed to automatically track and report crew fatigue. Thanks to the collaboration, Jeppesen’s latest version of its CrewAlert fatigue risk management app is now able to submit crew fatigue reports directly into Gael’s Q-Pulse safety management […]

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. […]

Hilton Software, the maker of the WingXPro7 aviation navigation iPad app, announced it has developed an interface for Aspen Avionics’ Connected Panel product, introduced earlier this month at EAA AirVenture. Aspen’s Connected Panel allows two-way wireless communication between panel avionics and personal smart devices, including iPads and Android smartphones. The supported app from Hilton Software […]

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 […]

(August 2011) When Garmin purchased Pilot My-Cast and its developer, Digital Cyclone, a few years ago, it did so because the handwriting was on the wall: Apps were a part of the future of aviation information. As originally conceived, Pilot My-Cast was an app for mobile devices, mostly phones, that would allow a pilot to […]

Executive Jet Management, the charter and management division of NetJets, has received FAA approval to use Apple iPads running the Jeppesen Mobile TC app as an alternative to carrying paper charts. The authorization is a first for a large Part 135 charter operator, but is probably only the first of many. EJM pilots flew with […]