Merry Christmas to all and especially to Doug and his family for putting up such a killer website! Having raised two boys, I enjoy reading about Audrey's progress and am glad this website helps put her through college so I am doubling my donation for 2014.
My wife gave me an IPAD mini for Christmas without the cellular and said she wasn't sure which one to get and said I could exchange for the right one (no wonder we're still married after 32 years). So my question is about the cellular models. Are these the ones with the built in GPS for use in flight to pick up weather, moving map sectionals, etc? Does it matter which cell company version I get? I have Sprint for cell service on my phone, is there an advantage to getting a Sprint version? How big a hard drive do I really need?
Secondly, which is the best inflight software to use and what are the yearly fees? I have heard a LOT of guys use Foreflight, Garmin has the Mobile Flight Deck, and there are several others. If I fly cross country I go VFR so that is my primary focus. I can fly VFR or IFR but in an RV-4 there is not a lot of room for paper charts. Any suggestions??
A happy 2014 to all and congrats to all the new RV builders that got their planes up this year.
Oly
My wife gave me an IPAD mini for Christmas without the cellular and said she wasn't sure which one to get and said I could exchange for the right one (no wonder we're still married after 32 years). So my question is about the cellular models. Are these the ones with the built in GPS for use in flight to pick up weather, moving map sectionals, etc? Does it matter which cell company version I get? I have Sprint for cell service on my phone, is there an advantage to getting a Sprint version? How big a hard drive do I really need?
Secondly, which is the best inflight software to use and what are the yearly fees? I have heard a LOT of guys use Foreflight, Garmin has the Mobile Flight Deck, and there are several others. If I fly cross country I go VFR so that is my primary focus. I can fly VFR or IFR but in an RV-4 there is not a lot of room for paper charts. Any suggestions??
A happy 2014 to all and congrats to all the new RV builders that got their planes up this year.
Oly
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