iPad pilot proficiency check: How to fly like a pro with your iPad
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The iPad is practically required equipment for many pilots and there's no question it has improved safety and reduced the costs associated with flying. iPad Proficiency Check will include a series of insightful recommendations, strategies and other tips that pilots of all experience levels should know when flying with the iPad. Topics include hidden software features, iPad "gotchas", flying with ADS-B weather, iPad connected panel, ForeFlight tips, airport operations and runway safety, battery management, mounting and much more.
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- 1. Bret Koebbe Sporty’s Pilot Shop iPad Proficiency Check How to fly like a pro with your iPad
- 2. Bret Koebbe • Editor iPad Pilot News • ATP / CFI / Vice President Sporty’s Pilot Shop • Contributing Editor Flying Magazine Fly with your iPad like a Pro
- 3. iPad flying strategies Lessons learned from professional aviation Ground operations Improve your flight planning and runway safety Flying techniques In-flight weather and tips What’s new ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot Fly with your iPad like a Pro
- 4. ipadpilotnews.com Additional resources Sit back, relax and learn! • How-to articles • iPad Tips & News • iPad Newsletter
- 5. Fly with your iPad like the Pros
- 6. Fly with your iPad like the Pros General Aviation was first to adopt the iPad, but we can learn a lot by looking at how the airlines and corporate aviation use the iPad Developing standard procedures and best practices
- 7. Advisory Circular 91-78 Applies to part 91 operations Advisory Circular 120-76D Applies to commercial operators (121 & 135) FAR Part 91 VFR & IFR What are the rules for GA pilots?
- 8. Advisory Circular 91-78 - Class 1 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) - Functional equivalent of paper reference (apps like ForeFlight, Garmin & WingX) - Backup Source recommended, not required (Paper or a 2nd EFB) - NO FAA APPROVAL REQUIRED FAR Part 91 VFR & IFR What are the rules for GA pilots?
- 9. Applies to 121, 135 Advisory Circular 121-76D - Guidance for commercial operators - Recently updated: now permits own-ship display in flight FAA APPROVAL REQUIRED (121, 135) Fly with your iPad like the Pros
- 10. Best practices for general aviation ops Develop your own standard operating procedures (SOP) - iPad preflight - Backup for data - Backup for power - Mounting - EFB app training and currency Fly with your iPad like the Pros
- 11. iPad Preflight Apps up to date Charts downloaded Battery fully charged Wireless radios set Screen brightness set Backups available Develop standard procedure before every flight
- 12. Always check your charts ForeFlight tools
- 13. What is your backup plan? Data
- 14. Normal Use 10+ Hours Aviation Use (GPS) 4 – 6 Hours What is your backup plan? Power
- 15. What is your backup plan? Power Charge your iPad multiple times * NEW for Oshkosh * Includes system voltage readout Ultimate backup power
- 16. Settings > Battery What is your backup plan? See which apps are using the most power
- 17. 21 Securing the iPad in the Cockpit Airplane MountKneeboard 2 primary methods Tip: Sporty’s Flight Gear, Ram Mount & MyGoFlight
- 18. Stay Organized Flight Outfitters Lift BagSporty’s Flight Gear iPad Bag Know where each accessory and backup is at all times
- 19. Improve your preflight planning
- 20. Avoid the METAR > RADAR > FILE Trap Improve your preflight planning
- 21. Chart Supplement (Formerly A/FD) Improve your preflight planning Chart Supplement (A/FD) - Contains important info you won’t find anywhere else - Runway details, night light activation, calm wind runway, nearby obstructions
- 22. ATC Cleared Routing Improve your preflight planning
- 23. Graphical Flight Service Weather Briefing Improve your preflight planning
- 24. Aviation Forecast Discussion Improve your preflight planning
- 25. Forecast Turbulence Layer on the Map (Pro Plus) Improve your preflight planning
- 26. Forecast Icing Layer on the Map (Pro Plus) Improve your preflight planning
- 27. Forecast Icing Layer on the Map (Garmin) Improve your preflight planning
- 28. Check Airspace Improve your preflight planning
- 29. Check Airspace Improve your preflight planning
- 30. Check Airspace (Garmin) Improve your preflight planning
- 31. Stadium TFRs Improve your preflight planning
- 32. ICAO Flight Plan ICAO Flight Plan Form - Required to be used for all flight plans soon (continuous delays) - Similar layout to FAA/Domestic form - Most iPad apps support this now Improve your preflight planning
- 33. ICAO Flight Plan Step 1: Set up your aircraft profile in the app - Identify your communication, navigation, and transponder equipment - If you don’t know what an item is in the list, don’t select it (a lot of it is geared towards int’l jet ops) ipadpilotnews.com/ICAO Improve your preflight planning
- 34. ICAO Flight Plan Step 2: Select ICAO as the filing type - Select your airplane N# - Specify survival equipment on board - Flight plan is filed the same way through Flight Service; everything else is the same Improve your preflight planning
- 35. Jeppesen Charts available in ForeFlight and Garmin Charts – Go International like the Pros
- 36. FlashPass eAPIS Customs Notification US Customs Requirement - Required when flying out of or into the United States - Submit eAPIS passenger manifests right from your iPad or iPhone
- 37. The iPad and Runway Safety
- 38. Airport NOTAMs The iPad and runway safety
- 39. Airport NOTAMs The iPad and runway safety
- 40. Use chart annotations The iPad and runway safety - Highlight assigned taxi route - Note location of parking area - Draw NOTAM’d items, like closed taxiways
- 41. Runway wind components The iPad and runway safety
- 42. Runway proximity advisor The iPad and runway safety Includes audio alerts, connect iPad to headset via Bluetooth
- 43. Extended centerlines on map The iPad and runway safety
- 44. Synthetic vision runways The iPad and runway safety
- 45. Auto-show taxiway chart after landing The iPad and runway safety
- 46. Portable in-flight weather tools
- 47. Understanding the 2 components ADS-B 101 ADS-B Out Required by 2020 to fly in busier airspace ADS-B In Optional weather & traffic
- 48. How it works ADS-B Datalink Weather
- 49. • Weather Radar, METARs, PIREPs and more • ADS-B Traffic display • Portable Receivers - battery operated - integrated GPS - wireless: WiFi or Bluetooth - optional AHRS • Stratus / GDL 50 / Sentry Subscription-free weather Portable ADS-B receivers
- 50. Additional Features Attitude / Synthetic Vision Traffic Portable ADS-B receivers
- 51. Making a decision Portable ADS-B receivers 1. Choose your app first 3. Decide what’s most important Scout: Works only with ForeFlight, no AHRS, battery or GPS, lowest price Sentry: Works only with ForeFlight, CO monitor, new to the market Stratus 3: Works with ForeFlight and most other aviation apps, proven/reliable brand, antenna ports for remote mounting Garmin GDL 50: Works only with Garmin Pilot, second-generation product 2. They all do a great job at weather & traffic
- 52. • Datalink weather available on the ground and in the air • Includes GPS • Rechargeable battery • High-resolution composite and base radar reflectivity, lighting, echo tops • Requires $39.99+ monthly subscription • Satellite Radio entertainment • $200 rebates going on right now Available for ForeFlight and Garmin SiriusXM Satellite Weather GDL 51/52 (Garmin Pilot) SXAR1 (ForeFlight)
- 53. Southern Canadian coverage SiriusXM Satellite Weather Bahamas coverage XM Radio Storm tracks, tops and lightning
- 54. Let’s Go Flying Scenarios from recent flights
- 55. • Don’t fly up to the weather, then deviate 10 degrees here, 20 degrees there • Change your flight plan and miss it all • ATC likes this Scenario 1 Deviate way out in advance
- 56. • Lines always move from west to east, right? Scenario 2 Animate the radar
- 57. • Wrong! • Storms were riding along a boundary to the northeast • Animate radar to see real trends. Scenario 2 Animate the radar
- 58. • ATC: “I need to vector you southeast of the ILS for traffic.” • Me: “Unable due to weather.” • Information in context: • Radar • Approach chart • Airplane position • Route Scenario 3 “Unable”
- 59. • Use the Ceiling, Visibility and Winds layers to keep a big picture view of what’s going on around you Scenario 4 There’s more than radar
- 60. Scenario 4 There’s more than radar
- 61. Scenario 4 There’s more than radar
- 62. Scenario 4 There’s more than radar
- 63. • Don’t let datalink weather talk you into something your eyes aren’t comfortable with • Avoid nasty clouds, not just radar Scenario 5 Eyes always win
- 64. What’s new in aviation apps
- 65. Terrain alerts ForeFlight - Pop-up window and aural alert appear when approaching terrain or obstacles
- 66. Day/Night Themes ForeFlight - New option switches all app colors, chart inversions and map themes from light to dark - Auto option will make the transition at sunrise/sunset
- 67. Day/Night Themes ForeFlight - New option switches all app colors, chart inversions and map themes from light to dark - Auto option will make the transition at sunrise/sunset
- 68. Synthetic Vision Glance Mode ForeFlight - Pan around the synthetic vision view - Automatically returns to looking straight ahead after 6 seconds
- 69. 3D Traffic ForeFlight - Traffic will appear on the synthetic vision screen when connected to ADS-B receiver
- 70. Support for Europe ForeFlight - Data-driven maps - Complete Jepp support - European flight planning - Text and weather graphics
- 71. Bret Koebbe Sporty’s Pilot Shop iPad Proficiency Check How to fly like a pro with your iPad