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United and Continental Airlines to hand out 11,000 iPads to its pilots

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 23rd, 2011)

United and Continental Airlines are throwing out their paper flight manuals and navigational charts and embracing the iPad. About 11,000 iPads will be given to all United and Continental pilots starting this month. The airline expects the iPad will replace 38 pounds of documentation per pilot ...

Delta testing iPad program for pilots

by Mike Schramm (Aug 18th, 2011)

We've already posted about Delta setting up iPads for customers to use, but the company may be making different use of Apple's tablet in the future. It's testing Apple's iPads out as "Electronic Flight Bags," or EFBs, which as far as I can tell are the documents and folders that pilots need ...

iPads on the virtual flight deck

by Steven Sande (May 17th, 2010)

It's no secret that the iPad is popular with pilots. TUAW has provided coverage of pilot kneeboards for holding iPads in the cockpit, many iPhone apps for pilots that are now making their way to the big(ger) screen, and we've heard from commenters who fly for a living that they think the iPad may ...

Capsuleer 2.0 for iPhone helps you track EVE Online status

by Mike Schramm (Apr 14th, 2009)

Massively has a good look at an iPhone app that's a must-have for players of the space-based multiplayer EVE Online -- Capsuleer 2.0 isn't an actual client, but like the desktop app EVEMon, it allows you to monitor and track your EVE pilots from outside the game. It's also got skill queues built in ...

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