iPad takes off as flight school teaching tool

“Virtual Aviation, which runs full-motion flight simulators in the UK, is using iPads as high-tech teacher’s assistants to train pilots,” Nicole Martinelli reports for Cult of Mac.

“Instead of instructors lugging around heavy cases filled with maps, charts, manuals, weather reports, flight plans and checklists every time they go into the simulator — they use iPads instead,” Martinelli reports.

MacDailyNews Note: Half an inch thin and only 1.5 pounds (0.68 kg) for the Wi-Fi model or 1.6 pounds (0.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model.

Martinelli continues, “‘It’s absolutely fabulous, it’s no exaggeration to say that the iPad is going to revolutionise our business, whilst being used in an unenvisaged role,’ James Stevenson of Virtual Aviation said.”

Full article, with many photos, here.