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I wondered about this as well. Sent an email to GP support after 5.01 wouldn't allow my subscriptions to register, even after uninstalling and reinstalling, refreshing, etc. I've had a (mostly) good 2.5 yrs. with GP, but feel they are taking our $$ support for granted in the last two major...

Yes. Screen brightness overcomes any glare I encounter, including intense glare from many angles during VFR-on-top. The screen is a little bit more reflective than I remember the Nexus 7 being, but the Tab S brightness overcomes it and has to be experienced to believe the difference. I canceled...

Good example, Gimp. In reference to the gentleman's question about suitability for a cockpit with a lot of sunlight glare -- I noticed in the store that the Tab S display is appreciably sharper and brighter than the Note 8.0, for what that's worth. Here's a specifications comparison...

:rofl: You're right, but your comment hit me as humorous. Folks are so funny. Avgas is what price now? Not to disparage the reality of price differences, but aviation is expensive. Am I not to pursue the best alternative to Apple for the cost of an extra hour of flight time?

I replaced my Gen1 Nexus 7 with a Samsung Tab S 8.4 and it's much better in terms of screen brightness, contrast and color rendering. Only a bit bigger (Tab S 8.4 is 8.37" x 4.94" x 0.26" vs. Gen1 Nexus 7 at 7.81" x 4.72" x 0.41") but with a substantially larger screen. Processes much faster...

AOPA developing Android friendly courses Response from AOPA: John, Thank you for contacting the Pilot Information Center. Our newer courses being developed will use HTML5 and as such will work on devices that cannot run flash, however our older courses were designed well in advance of...

I did the same, but haven't heard back yet. I also sent a note to the FAA Safety Team tech support guys regarding their program courses, and he said that the courses come from other vendors (AOPA, etc.) and are unlikely to change. Interestingly, the entire IT support staff for the FAA Safety...

John, The sim flying is a great enhancement to IFR training. Where do you live? I ask because that will certainly affect how often you would encounter IMC. There's a series of good comments on this topic herein...

Ha-ha! That's pretty funny! I've got one that's similar. I had a young Marine in my platoon that ignored orders to stay out of cleared Iraqi bunkers during the Gulf War (risk of chem/bio contamination). He went in to collect trophies and was reported, so I told him that the bunker he...

This seems hyperbolic. There are many circumstances of aviation accidents that are related to egregious pilot error. That is the whole point of risk discussions -- raising awareness of the high risk behaviors in order to avoid those same errors. I do not agree that most pilots "drop the...

I guess the military and airlines should stop their risk mitigation programs, then... :) Just kidding. What I'm talking about is systematically lessening the risk. Clearly we can't get rid of all risk, but having a framework of decision making is better than "winging it." I'm not...

Now that's my kind of thinking, Tim. For the OP: Yes, we stand a greater risk statistically when we aviate, but that's as a group. We as individual pilots mitigate our risk by how we approach the process. A new pilot CAN change the risk factor in his/her favor by their methodology. A low time...

Re: Flash issues??? Agreed on all points. They're all being "proprietary" in some sense. Steve Jobs himself said herein http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ that they ruled out use of flash because Adobe was keeping flash technology as a closed system. I like to do the FAA Safety...

Re: Flash issues??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luxqwoxYzxw Sounds legit. I'll try it later today.

Re: Flash issues??? I just checked and my "system" of Firefox + archived version of Flashplayer no longer works. I guess the Kitkat update killed it. A brief search on the internet reveals that there are work-arounds, and I suggest we try those before discounting the system entirely...

Re: Flash issues??? FireFox is also a browser for the Android systems that allows for app pairing to seamlessly play flash player vids within the FireFox browser. http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-watch-flash-videos-firefox-android

Update I've returned my GDL39 and am awaiting refund from Garmin. Even after multiple updates to the Nexus 7 and two GDL39's, the system has not been reliable (zero failures per cross country flight). Am keeping the Nexus 7 but will wait for a second gen device. I'm going to miss having...

No. Per my telcon with Garmin Aviation Products support today, they are unaware of a 2nd generation release planned in the future. Doesn't mean it won't happen, just that it's not imminent (or so they say)

I would have to agree. Currently I'm pondering whether to return the 1stGen GDL39 and wait out for an updated model.

Welcome to my world... J