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 Electronic flight bag offered by Arinc
Arinc, a company that serves mostly airlines, has teamed with myairplane.com to offer to the general aviation community a new electronic IFR chart viewer for $1,100 that holds all FAA terminal procedures, airport diagrams, low- and high-altitude IFR charts, the FAA Aeronautical Information Manual, and the FAA Airport/Facility Directory. It does not include sectional charts. The eFLYBook by Arinc is actually a collaboration between Arinc, iRex, the manufacturer of the electronic document viewer that is based in the Netherlands, and myairplane.com, which will sell the device. It is available now. Arinc and myairplane.com will process the updates and make them available over the Internet. The price includes a subscription to the data. The viewer uses an electronic paper technology that is as readable in daylight as normal paper. However, at night an external source of light will be required. The device, although pitched to the general aviation community, is also marketed to airlines. The screen is 4.8 inches by 6.4 inches.
100LL.com offers cell-phone access to fuel prices
Control Vision has extended its online flight data program, 100LL.com, to pilots who happen to be away from their Internet connection. Through the Flight Data Access Card, pilots can use their cell phones to receive text messages regarding current fuel prices and weather information for thousands of airports. The service, offered by subscription, costs $49.95 per year, $29.95 for six months, and $19.95 for three months. At the show, Control Vision is handing out cards that offer a 30-day free trial subscription. Control Vision shows off solid-state tablet PC
Control Vision, makers of Anywhere Map and Anywhere WX portable situational awareness software, now have an answer to pilots who have concerns about the survival of their computer hard drives at altitude (less-dense air at altitudes above 10,000 feet can cause hard drives disks to crash). The new solid-state LS800 tablet computer from Motion Computing has been developed with the company's input, and Control Vision expects to deliver the new PCs by the end of August. Back to AirVenture Main Page |
