Posted by John McHale
OSHKOSH, Wis., 29 July 2011. Officials at Jeppesen announced that it has a new iPad app available at the app store for its Mobile FliteDeck, a new aviation navigation tool for the iPad. The app features digital enroute navigation data and worldwide geo-referenced terminal charts. Its for use in the cockpit or on the ground to replace paper charts in all phases of flight. Mobile FliteDeck has own-ship position and route overlay and also the capability to view a library of terminal charts, airport diagrams, and Jeppesen Airway Manual text information. The app is available for the general, business, commercial, and military aviation markets. Pilots are able to choose the information they want displayed, including high or low altitude IFR charts, navaids, airspace, terrain information, airports, airways, waypoints, enroute and terminal communications and operational notes. The display has search, zoom, and pan, as well as brightness controls that exceed the normal dimming range of iPad allow for night-viewing of the charts. Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck for consumer use is available for download at no additional charge for Jeppesen digital data subscribers through the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. To use the app, customers need a JeppView or Express JeppView subscription. For details on enterprise use, please contact Jeppesen. Operators may need to gain authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or other local civil aviation authority to use Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck on iPad in all phases of flight, following the precedent set earlier in 2011 for iPad as an electronic flight bag (EFB). Successful rapid decompression testing has been completed by Jeppesen, demonstrating the integrity of iPad for use in flight. For more information on the Mobile FliteDeck, visit www.jeppesen.com/mobile.
