Gulfstream Planebook
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Gulfstream Planebook
Gulfstream has launched an IPAD APP called PLANEBOOK, it will allow you to carry and use your pilot manuals before and during flight (thanks to flight mode)
Its available for a free from Itunes, however, you need a subscription to access the actual manuals.
Marcus550, this would be a perfect, albeit it slightly late, Christmas present for your crew
Mutt
Its available for a free from Itunes, however, you need a subscription to access the actual manuals.
Marcus550, this would be a perfect, albeit it slightly late, Christmas present for your crew
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Point of order, 550 crews do not all have apps, ipads, maxipads, or planebook, as seems to be the common opinion.
These are nice to have, but they cost big money, so many flight departments pass on them.
The FCRL* has been available for years, and is available on CD. It contains all the official manuals promulgated by the big G. I happen to like the factory AOM better than the FSI one. CAEs' is a big JOKE, as they don't even have a systems manual for the G550.
The FlightSafety app is still a beta, (unless they have changed in the last few weeks). It's really nice to have FSI documents on hand as well. Untill they release the app, you have to get the FSI CD, find the PDF, and get it onto your laptop or tablet.
Bill
Flying a 450 or 550 most every day
(*That's Flight Crew Reference Library)
These are nice to have, but they cost big money, so many flight departments pass on them.
The FCRL* has been available for years, and is available on CD. It contains all the official manuals promulgated by the big G. I happen to like the factory AOM better than the FSI one. CAEs' is a big JOKE, as they don't even have a systems manual for the G550.
The FlightSafety app is still a beta, (unless they have changed in the last few weeks). It's really nice to have FSI documents on hand as well. Untill they release the app, you have to get the FSI CD, find the PDF, and get it onto your laptop or tablet.
Bill
Flying a 450 or 550 most every day
(*That's Flight Crew Reference Library)
Point of order, 550 crews do not all have apps, ipads, maxipads, or planebook, as seems to be the common opinion.
The iPad and Jepp app is superb though. Saves a lot of paper and printing in hotels/ fbo's.
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I would say it's the wave of the present! It was the wave of the future back in 2002 when we first started arguing "paper or silicon".
The problem is that big G charges big money for everything. I think the current cost for the iPad with all the documents is like $20,000 USD per year per tablet.
For the wave of the future, I wish the tablets would become more integrated, and interact with the aircraft more, e.g, automatically bring up the correct checklist when you have a CAS message. (Have you seen a G550 QRH?), and automatically do your weight and balance, fuel burn reports, off/on times, and send these to the widgets at company HQ. - It's not a big leap.
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- Flying my 450 in Shanghai today.
The problem is that big G charges big money for everything. I think the current cost for the iPad with all the documents is like $20,000 USD per year per tablet.
For the wave of the future, I wish the tablets would become more integrated, and interact with the aircraft more, e.g, automatically bring up the correct checklist when you have a CAS message. (Have you seen a G550 QRH?), and automatically do your weight and balance, fuel burn reports, off/on times, and send these to the widgets at company HQ. - It's not a big leap.
Bill
- Flying my 450 in Shanghai today.
The G280 and G650 will have an app for the pax to control cabin ambient lighting and temperature aswel as the IFE (akin to the chairmans seat controls) via an iPad. I wonder if we will get a coffee button on ours in the FD...
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and automatically do your weight and balance, fuel burn reports, off/on times, and send these to the widgets at company HQ. - It's not a big leap.
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Big G does charge a bit - especially for those clunky hardback novel size fliptop tablet PCs that they still hawk... But I don't see the iPad as such an expensive solution compared to what was available.
You buy the hardware yourself (USD500?), get an annual PlaneView subscription (USD3900 for the first sub, drops to around USD2500 and less for subsequent). Download the application for free from the iTunes store, and off you go. Been using it for a few months now, functionality is identical to the hyperlinked PlaneView documents that were available on the tablet PC without the physical and mental anguish.
On top of that, I use one of our idle Jeppview site licences to keep an active install on the iPad as well. Nice to have, very easy to keep up to date.
No coffee button yet though... that will come with Cert Hotel, I hear.
You buy the hardware yourself (USD500?), get an annual PlaneView subscription (USD3900 for the first sub, drops to around USD2500 and less for subsequent). Download the application for free from the iTunes store, and off you go. Been using it for a few months now, functionality is identical to the hyperlinked PlaneView documents that were available on the tablet PC without the physical and mental anguish.
On top of that, I use one of our idle Jeppview site licences to keep an active install on the iPad as well. Nice to have, very easy to keep up to date.
No coffee button yet though... that will come with Cert Hotel, I hear.
The G550 / G450 QRH is now part of the FlightSafety App (if you are a customer).
Don't forget all the Jeppesen Charts and mobile www to gain access to all the planning websites such as MyGDC
Don't forget all the Jeppesen Charts and mobile www to gain access to all the planning websites such as MyGDC
