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AIN Blog: Fly Like You Train
Flying ForeFlight Mobile's new traffic pattern guide on the X-Plane simulator.
Flying ForeFlight Mobile's new traffic pattern guide on the X-Plane simulator.

Flight operations specialist François Lassale brings up a good point in a recent issue of AINSafety, that “the [iPad's] simplicity means training on the iPad and its use in the cockpit is seldom given much thought.” Lassale is absolutely right, and his views should extend to the use of any device or product that pilots bring into cockpits to help with their flying tasks. 

By “any device or product” I mean not just tablet computers like the iPad and Android devices but also portable GPS units, electronic flight bags (EFBs) and even paper approach plate binders.

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Matt Thurber
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