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AIN Blog: So Long, It’s Been Fun iPad 1

Apple's iPad 1 has long been out of production, and now ForeFlight has announced plans to discontinue support for its apps on the device.

Business aviation pilots rapidly adopted the iPad, which is especially useful in cockpits with older-technology avionics. (Photo: Matt Thurber)

By Matt Thurber

September 20, 2016

ForeFlight recently sent out a notice warning customers that after January 3 next year its popular aviation app will no longer be supported on the original Apple iPad 1 and iPhones through model 4. "We strongly encourage you to make sure your primary device is at least an iPad Air, iPad mini 2 or iPhone 5,” the company wrote.

Coincidentally, John Zimmerman, editor-in-chief of the Air Facts blog and v-p of Sporty's Pilot Shop's catalog division, recently wrote about how new pilots are immune to the debate about whether pilots should use mobile devices in the cockpit because they began their aviation endeavors wedded to mobile devices and can’t conceive not using them while flying.

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