http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/ipad-gets-approval-from-faa-to-replace-paper-flight-charts-and-m/
This is pretty cool.....
This is pretty cool.....
iPads in aircraft
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speaking of flying, is flight control out for droid yet?
In seat laptop power is my new trigger point for choosing who to fly. Used to be how good was the AVOD.
which airline actually still has power in the seats? i havent been on a plane in a while that actually has had power.
Just so we're on the same page, I mean an actual socket you can plug your AC adapters into. I think it's pretty much standard nowadays at the pointy end but ANA has it in economy on their newest 777-300s. Seatguru will tell you exactly which carriers have it but it's pretty much a deal breaker for me. I will pay more to have that.
Edit- of the airlines I fly regularly Cathay and Singapore have it on their newer planes. It'll be standard soon, like the personal TV sets. People have too many gadgets that need charging these days, especially on a 10-12 hour flight.
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man, i cant remember the last time i flew on a plane with a power outlet. i dont even think the BAA flight to Europe had one. i think the last plane that did was a Continental 747 to Japan. and that was years ago
i think every long distance plane should have one. i too have too much crap that needs constant power
Yeah as I said it'll be standard soon. When I went to England I had a new plane with in seat power, netbook, noise cancelling headphones and Rohypnol. One of my nicer flights. Plus it was over the Arctic so no turbulence. The Tropical Convergence Zone can lick the sweaty drops of fear from my trembling ballsack.
My employer was tinkering with the Electronic Flight bags for a while. Couple of aircraft had the screens installed , they used them for like a week, and then deactivated them. I believe they are all gone now as I have not seen one in sometime. My understanding was that it was significantly cheaper to just pay for the service that updates the old Jeppesen paper charts every month. I wonder if that changes significantly with this whole chart on an iPad thing.
As far as passengers go, you all will probably never see in seat power on shorter leg flights/planes. I personally am horrified by the thought of having to do anything on a seat with power to it, or having to remove it. Plus, you know how many times seats get puked/peed on? More often than you think.
We are in the process of having wireless interwebz installed on all of our delta aircraft. So next time you fly from a podunk to a real airport to catch a real airplane you can potentially squeeze in at least one short porn viewing.
As far as passengers go, you all will probably never see in seat power on shorter leg flights/planes. I personally am horrified by the thought of having to do anything on a seat with power to it, or having to remove it. Plus, you know how many times seats get puked/peed on? More often than you think.
We are in the process of having wireless interwebz installed on all of our delta aircraft. So next time you fly from a podunk to a real airport to catch a real airplane you can potentially squeeze in at least one short porn viewing.
I enjoy the flights where they have retrofitted older aircraft with entertainment systems that require large metal boxes mounted underneath the seats that take up any little leg-room you may have, then have the audacity to charge you $6 for the right to watch the ****.
I really wonder if these things are going to replace....or at least heavily supplement basic aircraft instrumentation.
There was a time I would have said "no way"......and it may still be a ways off...but the way things are going, ya just never know. And if they could somehow overcome the obvious EMI/EMC issues and somehow get all instrumentation to run on wifi........that would be huge.
(and you don't have to tell me how problematic that would be...interference from nature....bad people hijacking the signal etc etc ..... But as I said, ya never know)
If I were Rogers & Kratos...or Garmin, or Rockwell Collins, I'd really be looking into this
