Software Company Founder Thinks iPad Could Become Defacto Glass Panel For LSA

Hilton Software LLC announced another milestone in what it calls "the WingX iPad revolution" with the debut of Geo-Referenced Approach Charts. The company says WingX Pro7 Version 4.1 brings considerable power, flexibility, and ease-of-use to pilots and reduces the cost well below that of dedicated GPS hardware.

Dr. Hilton Goldstein, founder of Hilton Software, says “My vision for the company is to provide affordable systems that rival and in many case surpass dedicated hardware units from the big-name GPS companies. I predict WingX Pro7 will start a trend, particularly in the LSA market, of aircraft manufacturers mounting an iPad on the panel instead of installing a much more expensive in-panel unit costing thousands of dollars."

"The side-byside display of the Geo-Referenced Approach Charts and the Terrain-Aware Moving Map in WingX Pro7 Version 4.1 provides incredible situational awareness," he continued. "The seamless integration of Seattle Avionics ChartData enables WingX Pro7 to show the aircraft’s position on an approach chart that is easily pannable and pinch zoomable. Having flown with WingX Pro7, I cannot imagine going back to using a dedicated GPS device with switches, knobs, and user manuals.”

WingX Pro7 also features an extensive A/FD, AOPA Directory with Yelp Integration, all the NACO/AeroNav approach charts on-board, our patented SmartTaxi technology, weather information, animated weather graphics, advanced route planning, superb DUATS integration, and much more.

WingX products run on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile.

FMI: http://seattleavionics.com/WingX, www.hiltonsoftware.com