Private and commercial pilots.iPhone or iPad Mini?
I'm a private pilot, trying to become a commercial pilot. I do not have (and have never had) and iPhone or an iPad, but I do have my iPod touch with some apps to aid me in my flight school, checklists, planning, weather, etc. My boyfriend is getting me an iPad Mini or an iPhone for my 21st birthday, but I'm not sure which one I'd rather have. I'm mainly using it for work/school purposes, which do you think will be more useful?
Ipad mini. And plus you can play some of the flight simulation games they have in the app market. They are really amazing how they design them with some plane features and graphics.
IPad Mini with ForeFlight! The two combined are a great tool in the cockpit.
ForeFlight is a type of EFB (Electronic Flight Bag).It's an app you can get online (yearly subscription), that will display charts, approach plates, FBO information, with an option for XM WX.
A plus about the iPad Mini is that of course, it is a lot smaller, so it'll take up a lot less room on your lap, or should you decide to use it as a knee board, so you don't have to worry about it getting in the way of the yoke.
Most flight schools should allow the use of an iPad/iPad Mini with ForeFlight in the cockpit, but you should double check with your CFI just to be sure.
IPad Mini would be the better option as the screen is bigger which is better for in-flight use.
Like the other poster said, ForeFlight is great.
Though you didn't list it as an option, the iPad 3 is definitively your best bet. I have one with ForeFlight and it works exceedingly well. I know a couple people who have iPad mini's and their reactions are mixed. Those colleagues of mine who bought the iPad mini and kept it are helicopter pilots, in which the cockpit is too small for a traditional iPad. My other colleagues that tried the mini and returned it for the iPad 3 fly Cessna's and Daimond's like me, and grew tired of trying to use the screen which is just too small. The iPad 3 is nice because it has an upgraded GPS Antenna (iPad 3 + 4G LTE) which means you don't need an external antenna if flying lower than 18, 000 feet. The iPad Mini does not offer the built in GPS and would require you to spend a minimum of an extra $100 to purchase an external GPS Antenna. I love my iPad 3, I no longer need to carry a heavy bag full of charts, procedures and directories(though I do carry paper sectional charts with me as a backup, and I do print off approach procedures if flying IFR as a backup). If you are a fixed wing pilot, I implore you to reconsider buying an iPad mini, and pool your resources with those your boyfriend's to get the right thing. You will not regret it. I scrimped and saved for several months to buy the iPad, but don't regret it in the least.
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