REFLECTOR: IPad

Don Johnston numa at comcast.net
Tue Jun 18 10:25:02 CDT 2013


And with my WiFi only iPads, If I don't have the external GPS (in my case
GNS5780) powered up and connected, I have not location information.

Which is how I used it for the first couple of years. Basically as
electronic charts and approach plates.

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Howard Woodruff <hgwoodruff at me.com> wrote:

> So following this thread it seems to me that your real question is...
> Shouldn't Foreflight work Even on my WIFI only iPad. The best way to solve
> that mystery would be to take your iPad flying, crank up Foreflight, and
> see if you get a moving map with your airplane symbol, GND speed readout,
> ect. . I've been using Foreflight for about 3years with my iPad (3G) and I
> know that if I have the unit in "airplane mode" (cell towers off),
> Foreflight will not work even if I have WIFI turned on. The same switch
> that controls cell tower operation (the airplane mode switch) also turns on
> and off the internal GPS unit. fWIW
>
> Howard Woodruff
>
> Sent from my iPad
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