Cirrus Aircraft has released an interactive electronic flight operations manual (iFOM) for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The iFOM complements Cirrus's online learning program, aiming to improve pilot safety ...

The iPad has already gotten the go-ahead from the FAA as a replacement for paper flight charts and maps, and now Alaska Airlines has become the first major US airline to hop on board the paperless ...

American Airlines became the first airline in the country to put nearly all of its flight manuals on iPads except for one small emergency procedures manual. The iPad Flight Bag app gives pilots quick ...

Your average coach airline seat won't have a power outlet, but you can bet the pilots have access to a couple of them. At least, we sure hope they do over at Alaska Airlines, because the company just ...

Last fall, I reported that Alaska Airlines planned to provide pilots with iPads, speculating that the touchscreen devices could be used to replace bulky paper manuals. Now, Alaska Air has made it ...

Alaska Airlines Opts for iPads Instead of Paper Flight Manuals. May 30, 2011 — -- Alaska Airlines Goes Digital In today's TechBytes, iPads take flight. Alaska Airlines now has permission from the ...

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Timeline Book sits in a display case at the Living Computers Museum + Labs, with a picture of astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in the background. (GeekWire Photo / ...

American Airlines has now ditched heavy flight manuals and become the first major commercial carrier to introduce iPads to all of its cockpits in a move that is expected to save more than $1 million ...

Boeing, under intensifying regulatory scrutiny after the fatal MAX crashes, has been directed by the Federal Aviation Administration to rework its flight manuals for both the 777X and MAX 10 to ...

The FAA gives approval for the airline to be the first commercial carrier to toss out its paper-based flight manuals in lieu of iPads -- saving the airline $1.2 million in gas costs. Dara Kerr was a ...

Airbus Canada has revised the A220 flight operations manual to emphasise the correct setting of thrust levers during departure, after a series of incidents in which the autothrottle did not engage on ...

Operators of Dassault Falcon 7X and 8X executive jets have been instructed urgently to amend the aircraft’s flight manual, owing to a technical issue relating to slats. The order follows an occurrence ...