Here’s a screen shot I just took of X-Plane’s new instrument panel on my iPhone. How cool is this.. And yes it’s fully functional! The entire 3.5 inch screen on the phone is occupied by this delicious replication of an instrument panel and your flight is perfectly controlled and accurately replicated on the display. How do you control the flight, you say? Simply by moving the phone. The iPhone’s accelerometer is always aware of the phone’s position in your hands. The technology is fast and accurate too and everything moves on the display just like on a real instrument panel.

And yes, you can use this little device to practice IFR now - Really.

Props to Apple and X-Plane!
Capt’n Chris

Link: X-Plane for the iPhone

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