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OzRunways has evolved into a full-blown EFB with a moving map display. ozrunways
Out Of The Box
Two Australian companies are realising the potential of tablet computers as electronic flight bags
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The first encroachment of the digital age upon the analogue cockpit of general aviation aircraft were little more than grey boxes with a few points of data displayed on a simple screen – speed, distance and perhaps a bearing display not dissimilar to the tried and tested VOR. It was a leap ahead for light aircraft that once only dreamed of having distance measuring equipment (DME). Still, if that was a leap, the modern evolution of electronic flight bags (EFB), is so much more.
Growing up
Gradually that small GPS course bar grew into a basic gray-scale map and the units grew a little larger to cope with the newly-available features. Step by step, more information became available to the pilot and at each turn they mounted the new devices creatively with purpose-built brackets and Velcro.
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