Personal Aircraft Cockpits

Tablets get down to business

21 May 2012

HACKENSACK, New Jersey—In some business jets, pilots are bringing iPads into their cockpits instead of heavy flight bags stuffed with paper charts, operation manuals and checklists. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently authorized Cleveland-based jet services provider Flight Options Llc. to use Apple Inc.’s iPads as “electronic flight bags� in the company’s large 13-seat jets.

Pilots, Other Professionals Use Tablets to Gain Efficiency

25 Apr 2012

In some business jets, pilots are bringing iPads into their cockpits instead of heavy flight bags stuffed with paper charts, operation manuals and checklists. The Federal Aviation Administration recently authorized Cleveland-based jet services provider Flight Options LLC to use Apple Inc.'s iPads as "electronic flight bags" in the company's large 13-seat jets.