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The No-Paper Cockpit

Sorry, it’s not here yet. For approach plates, tablet computers have promise. But they’re too expensive and support is iffy.


Paperless Cockpit can mount on a yoke or strap
ûto a leg, kneeboard style.

by Chuck Kissner

Why is it that filing approach charts seems so tedious? Even if you didn’t think it so bad in the past, the creeping volume of new charts is sure to push most of us to the breaking point. The bad news is that things aren’t getting much better. With GPS approaches proliferating, there are more charts than ever these days. And while we’re all grateful for the advances in GPS, the new approaches have generated yet more paper. It’s impossible to keep all this stuff in or near the cockpit, so we have to rearrange things for each trip to ensure we don’t come up empty-handed. …


 
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