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iPad Mini 7 Could Be Coming Later This Year
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For our airline, we don’t. The aircraft has an iPad at each pilot seat and a third spare one. And each pilot has their own iPad. All have complete sets of charts on them, so 5 in total. With that amount of redundancy no requirement for paper charts.
Yeah, that should be enough. I used to do medical device service (defibs, IV pumps) and while the electronic manuals we got with the equipment were nice, I always kept a paper copy so I could make notes. But I'm sure your "office" was smaller than my shop.
(But not by much, believe me.)Would still love the upcoming iPad mini (when it comes out) to have IP67, followed by 120hz promotion display.
If there is a new mini, I'd be tempted.
But I'd really like to avoid paying for the cellular version as, in general, I don't need it. However, I would actually like to be able to use it for satnav display.
Is there any reasonable way of using a wifi-only mini for satnav - exploiting the GPS and internet connectivity of my iPhone - or just acting as a second display!
But I'd really like to avoid paying for the cellular version as, in general, I don't need it. However, I would actually like to be able to use it for satnav display.
Is there any reasonable way of using a wifi-only mini for satnav - exploiting the GPS and internet connectivity of my iPhone - or just acting as a second display!
Overblown issue? It's literally the worst display I've ever had on any device. For something reasonably expensive and an Apple product at that the display on the Mini 6 is absolutely appalling!
You mean keep the jelly scroll but give you ProMotion?
You do know that 120Hz displays can suffer from jelly scroll?
I am a pilot and flight instructor but don't fly for an airline. I have the entire US on my iPad (VFR, IFR and all the approach plates). I have two iPads in the airplane and the plates are also in the panel-mounted GPS. The iPad is higher resolution so they are easier to read on the iPad. I keep a paper VFR sectional for the local area in my bag, but it is mostly for students.
Paper is hard to maintain with updates every 28 or 56 days.
I didn't realize that they changed the plates that often. My only "flight" experience is on all of the flight sim programs I've owned over the years. So I know the essentials of flight but that's about it.
Welp... I just bought one today. I'll return it before the Apple Event, just in case a new one gets revealed, and make a decision between current and next-gen. I'd need a better display and a similar price to go next-gen. Really, I'm just hoping prices plummet across retailers so I get it back for cheap.
Were you the one in the ad where someone pulled an iPad mini out of their lab coat pocket????
No. I don't remember seeing that one. It was handy having my own device rather than relying on finding an open computer terminal.
The current Navigation database for example is valid Aug 10 to Sep 7, with the next cycle valid to Oct 5. The sectional charts are valid for twice as long but aligned, so the current VFR chart series is good from Aug 10 to Oct 5.
Almost everyone uses ForeFlight (best aviation app there is) to download these electronically.
Last question before the mods kick this conversation off. As an old medical electronics maintenance tech I love checklists. Weird, I know. Is there any place I could download the book of checklists (QRH) for, say, a 787?
Has to be asked, do you have a checklist of books of checklists you want to download?
If you're serious and it's no trouble, I'd like to have it.Haha no idea. I can get you a checklist for a Piper Dakota though.
Back in the 70s, the seven Jeppesen manuals for full USA charts and approach plates in their leather case weighed about 40 pounds.
Is Jeppesen still around?
Is Jeppesen still around?
So… no new iPad mini yet? I missed the announcement but looks like it was all Mac