Sat, Sep 03, 2011
Enables iPad To Tune Radios, Submit Flight Plans To Panel
Aspen Avionics and ForeFlight announced Wednesday that
ForeFlight Mobile 4.1 currently includes support for Aspen’s
Connected Panel technology, which is scheduled for release by the
end of the year. Users will be able to wirelessly tune radios and
submit and retrieve flight plans utilizing the Aspen Connected
Panel communication network.
"A key pursuit of ours since founding ForeFlight is continuously
improving pilot productivity and workflow, removing steps from
processes like preflight research, flight planning, and instrument
procedure chart management," says Tyson Weihs, Managing Director of
ForeFlight. "Until today, however, no mechanism existed that would
allow an iPad to communicate with avionics, which limited the
workflow efficiencies a pilot could gain by utilizing the iPad as
an interface to the panel. ForeFlight Mobile 4.1 and the Aspen
Connected Panel demonstrate what is now possible, and we are
excited about what this step forward means for the future."
In addition to the radio and flight plan interface, ForeFlight
Mobile 4.1 allows a pilot with a Connected Panel to view a status
screen within ForeFlight Mobile that shows what capabilities within
the aircraft can interact with the app.
"ForeFlight worked early on with Aspen during Connected
Panel’s development to provide input into the framework for
this new technology," says Brad Hayden, Aspen’s Vice
President of Marketing. "It’s fitting that ForeFlight is the
first Connected Panel partner to bring to market a version of its
product that leverages this innovative platform."
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