The United States Air Force has granted Apple, Inc. with a $9 Million USD contract to provide 18,000 iPad 2’s. The iPad 2’s will be used by pilots and other pertinent staff in lieu of the normally carried heavy pilot bags and reams of flight maps. The air force is getting quite the deal on […]
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The FAA has approved the iPad as a replacement for paper maps in the cockpits of commercial aircraft. Traditionally, airline pilots have carried reams of the maps of the airports they were flying into and out of, in a specialized flight suitcase. Now they will really only need their iPad complete with the appropriate maps […]