Plane Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Smoking iPhone emphasizes importance of authorized repair work

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 4th, 2012)

An iPhone self-ignited during a Regional Express flight in Australia due to a faulty repair. According to a Sydney Morning Post article, the smoking phone was spotted by a cabin crew member, shortly after the plane landed at the Sydney Airport on November 25, 2011. The crew member asked the ...

Encased iPad survives 1300 foot drop, because why not?

by Mike Schramm (Nov 14th, 2011)

The folks at G-Form make athletic pads and rugged iPad cases, but they must really hate Apple's tablet over there. Not only did they drop a bowling ball on it and drop it out of a plane at 500 feet, but now they've doubled that distance, throwing a couple of encased iPads from a parachute at a ...

iCub puts an iPad in a plane

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 1st, 2010)

Even though the first iPhone lacked a GPS and compass (not to mention a true gyroscope), there were a few early avionic entries to the App Store, mostly involving crude tilt measurements. When the iPhone got a GPS and then a compass, it became a wee more useful to the flying sort. The iPad brings ...

iPod doubles as flight data recorder

by Michael Rose (Feb 23rd, 2007)

If you're in the market for a small plane (and really, who isn't in the market for a small plane?) perhaps this news will help you choose: American manufacturer LoPresti will allow the iPod to serve as a flight data recorder in the Fury two-seater. This is "flight data recorder" in the sense of ...