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Old 11th Apr 2010, 00:17
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Originally Posted by fanda78
has anyone used this application in air?
Briefly, purely as a passenger - frankly, after 30 seconds I wanted my trusted Garmin 96 back - much as I like the iPhone, unsurprisingly it doesn't really work as an aviation GPS when combined with the Memory-Map app - whilst the current position and predicted position line seemed reasonably accurate, the heading indication on the GPS location icon itself remained resolutely at 90 degrees to the actual, and the iPhone power conservation regime becomes a major pain in the neck as it turns itself off after a few minutes unless you keep jabbing the screen with your fat fingers.

That being said, I reckon the Memory-Map iPhone app + CAA charts are still worth the money, purely to have the charts on-tap whenever you want them - but don't plan on using it in the air.
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