Electronic Flight Bag articles

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  FAA proposes rule to prohibit personal use of phones, tablets, and laptops in the cockpit

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 15, 2013 12:24 pm + 57 comments

  The FAA doesn't want pilots to use phones, tablets, or laptops while flying airplanes. It makes Continue reading…

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  Airbus develops electronic flight bag apps for iPad-wielding pilots

  By Andrew Webster on July 10, 2012 11:37 am + 68 comments

  A number of airlines have adopted iPads for their electronic flight bags (EFBs) as a way of cutting Continue reading…

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  US Air Force places order for up to 18,000 iPads

  By Adi Robertson on March 2, 2012 03:45 pm + 58 comments

  Making good on its proposal from last month, the US Air Force has awarded a $9.4 million one-year Continue reading…

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  US Air Force might purchase up to 18,000 tablets to replace heavy flight manuals

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 12, 2012 07:48 am + 51 comments

  Commercial airlines have already looked to the tablet to lighten the load of old school flight bags Continue reading…

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  United Airlines deploying iPad-based electronic flight bags to all its pilots

  By Chris Ziegler on August 23, 2011 10:52 am

  United has announced that it's rolling out some 11,000 iPads to its pilots for use as electronic Continue reading…