Flying with the new ipad mini 5 in the cockpit By Rod Rakic

Pilots, like us, have been waiting for this for years. It's. Finally, here we've got the iPad Mini 5, and this is the best iPad I've ever flown with in the cockpit when I tweeted a photo of flying with the iPad Mini 5 in the cockpit I got lots of questions. Pilots asking for reviews asking for a pro lots of pilots asked me: why is the iPad Mini so important? It's really about size. It's the perfect form factor for a small general aviation. Cockpit.

Anything small like an iPhone just feels silly to me and then anything larger than the iPad Mini just feels stupid. Really it's the perfect size for flying. If you run an iPad Mini 4 next to an iPad Mini 5 with most sort of aviation electronics like bag kind of applications, they're pretty much the same. The iPad Mini 5 is a bit snappier I upgraded to the iPad Mini 5, because I really wanted the better battery life. The processor is three times as fast, and I always wanted to try copying a clearance with the Apple Pencil.

One of the best tests, I can think of was taking an up in a Mooney, so we flew from Chicago executive to Monroe Wisconsin good afternoon executive Clarence, Mooney 7, a uniform is ready to copy clearance. Echo Foxtrot tango departure, car particulates, a v12, 0.55 squawk, five, three zero: five, ok, Mooney 7 Lima, uniform, clear to Monroe via radar vectors 2,000 expect six thousand ten minutes departure, 1 2, 0, 5 5 on the frequency. Five three zero five on the squawk bears correct information with you, sir okay 7?m uniform takes executive ground moody, seven Lima, uniform area, two with whiskey, ready to taxi 27, uniform area to taxi to runway one-six Mia Bravo echo kilo across from hu4, okay Bravo echo kilo across two four two one: six, seven team, uniform err right and clearly are pretty data for yeah. It is woody but definitely ride all flight controls watch your knees, nuts and right or right left free incorrect. That's something about I pad always check is making sure that all the cables and routes and everything have an interview any of the controls yeah, especially these guys yep, absolutely an executive tower.

Mooney seven Lima uniform holding short one six ready for departure. Seven Lima, uniform executive tower turn left turn heading two: three: six: zero runway, one-six cliff takeoff clear for takeoff one six heading left, turn heading three: six: zero, seven team uniform, and we're up to 2,000 feet, and we're off at 6:20 finals, clear, okay uniformed outsider, like one six line up and wait, there is traffic. Seven out lie on our way: one: six: seven for Delta 27 in a four-on-three 60 in the heading contact Chicago departure. Today, okay, Oprah departure, 72 for pecks, Chicago departure, booties 7 leave a uniform climbing through 1304 2000 heading three, six, zero contact looking for traffic I'm kind of on my gauges, even though the hoods not on you got it. Okay, thanks a 17-4 218 for two couples of targets off on that side looks like they're descending into the pattern: okay, I'll factor, excellent 17, the Uniform Crime maintain 4,000; okay, we've a 2004, four thousand.

Seven. Let me inform companies are four. Ninety-nine departure radar contact see direct Northbrook feels like the ride calmed down a bit. Yeah, everything looks good. Don't leave me no problem.

Turn left heading two. Seven zero well up turn two seven zero yeah I can barely see the gauges with the Sun, so they're 499 maintain 2500 airport 11 o'clock and 10 miles. The blizzard 499 maintain 2500, leveling, 411, poor, so much for coming down, but I said a little of a bumpy area. I'm. Sorry, that's my visit 499 airports 11 o'clock.

Nine mile circle. Is there $4.99 approach executive contact, our one, nine point: nine eight tangle with iconic Rockford approach, one to one point: zero. What's the one point, zero? Alright, maybe I'll throw the hood on I've got controls. Okay, you got the point. Okay I got it you've got control, I got controls, no winds being reported at Monroe; oh really mattered, 6500, visibility, 10, but nothing reporter for the win.

Oh, it's called just no-win report. Yeah, I saw that earlier, so I've looked at James, Hill I think they were out of the North before they were tap as 3 to 0 and I. Think we can expect I'll ask for they are damn 3, 0 or a VOR/DME will do this. Maybe Davis and maybe do the whole that Davis ? okay from what you're on course heading new destination, simply Peter Brooks now by I'm sure, 296, fighting ?, 9, 0, ?, 9, 0, 17 or actually, if we're going to go to Davis is the initial approach. Dick still need me to help.

Let me take 6 out: hey we'd, be four thousand four. Six thousand seven like me for seven team uniform direction row direct the drill is definitely uniform. Okay level, six, seven leaving uniform contact, Rockford approach, one to one point: zero one: two: one: zero: seven: four: six thousand twenty-twenty eight to Yankee descend and maintain 5,000 gave us 30 40 descend and maintain one zero thousand, maintain three zero there or not I'm gonna, say one zero thousand three hundred ounce gesture for Bonanza for three Charlie contact Madison the first one, three five point: four: five good altitudes yep he'll try to recapture it with my autopilot, but that's it quite work and Rockford approach; Woody's, definitely metal for 6,000 Mooney, seven Lima, uniform rock for the protractor adults under three zero. Three one advise when you have some Munro, whether it's like the visual approach: okay, three zero: three one will advise when we get the weather, and actually we'd like the tap three zero as possible. Twenty-Seven Lima, uniform Roger.

You can expect the yarn have three zero pro to Monroe. Okay, Roger Oh, 27 million uniform in about seven miles, expect direct Saudi for the rm30 approach. Some uniform I turned it was direct Davis, but definitely many uniforms, negative expectorant. So DX o TI y for the rm30 okay separately, uniform Roger will expect direct Saudi and in the 1 3 6 tango, Bravo Rockford approach, Rockford altimeter, 3, 0, 3, ? I, don't have so Diaz. It's not I! Guess it's not on the approach about a three nine five whiskey record: a protracted Elsinore three zero.

Three one expect visual approach: runway three-two to the Janesville they sent under, maintain three thousand and visual purchase clearance. For you, in about ten miles, please move one zero one: two thousand ? 1 3 altimeters beams bull, showing ?, 9, 0, 8, 8, okay, honey, seven, let me uniformity, direct, no D, ok, direct, so D and suddenly me too far past the weather at Monroe. Honey doesn't leave me a uniform record Wow nope I watch you 305 for the comment a little. Whatever is comfortable for you, good, ok, everybody yeah! This is great, very pretty! Ok, a little smoother up here at sick I was at 4 definitely yeah. The approach is probably gonna, be a little bumpy, so night zero out the winds almost from the front.

That's a nine or five. With the cleared visual approach. Runway three-two, Janesville, hey! We could brief the approach yep. So our course is going to be 301 at the rm30 Monroe 5,000 feet to land. Do you have the local altimeter? So we don't have to worry about these notes.

We're not circling can expect. Probably our next hand offs going to be 1:26 Oh, baby, okay, one two three, oh five I've got two and Episode II, it's just straight into 3:01, 3:02 heading! It's gonna! Be an L nav approach, so it's not an LP, be so altitude I, don't know if I'm going to get the guy. The suggested guidance still a little fuzzy about that. But there we go a lot of Nine five whiskey radar services terminated contact, Gainesville Tower one 18.8 have a good day, so d down to zero do zero. The proves approve is the final approach mix.

We go from three to twenty-seven up and then after Webb room we go down to fourteen eighty and our best approach is going to be up turn 3,000 climbing left turn 3,000 feet to Davis. That's my plan. We're going to enter the hold, and it'll be a direct entry, looks like yeah direct entry. Okay I do my acronym just make sure you miss anything. So a 80 am pal tableaux setting alright I, haven't put it in yet, but we have it.

It's three zero. Two, six, that's actually pretty significantly off from what we are now, but for separation. I'm going to keep not putting it in yet a, so marker beacon doesn't matter, identify your haven't identified it yet, but it'll know when we get the approach, we go from terminal to approach. That's what I use instead of the marker beacon. It makes you Rocky yes, which we are and then, of course, is straight in entry, just a direct straight in entry.

Altitude 3027 for the final approach, fix 1480 and missed approach, climbing left turn 3000 Davis, direct entry, 27 limas uniform descend and maintain 3000 okay week 6,000 for 3,000. Definitely uniform, yep audit 387 with he Rockford a pro truck for del scimitar, 3:03 -. It's like visual approach, runway three-two Janesville. They said to maintain 3000 and give me a good write-down. All the 3000 I won't be able to clear you to get it to be low traffic.

That's that 4027 Seeming, uniform ? four miles from zodiac crosses OD at her above 3000. Third, our nav three through approach, Monroe, okay, cross OD at or above 3,000 cleared for the rm30. All right you've got the crossing restrictions, OD plenty of room. They slower up just yeah we're going to be descending into some bump. Your air I don't want to bang.

My head off. I was feeling that yeah see what we can do room it's good to check. Yeah, I were right about there. You also see no airports around, but that's alright I realize now why the electric trip didn't work yeah. This is why it's not good to let rust, build.

I went to stop a night, but all right, of course, really having trouble slowing this plane down. You know: I, don't want to pull power back so much that we shot Cole the intent, but there we go. I was given a long time ago. I was two inches over two minutes: oh yeah, okay, there you go get back on there about eight seven with the radar service, terminated contact, Gainesville Tower, one money. Point eight make this a full stop: okay, figure out what to do from there.

Colony 854 fly heading one nine here: correction, two, zero, zero vector for visual approach right or left two zero, zero Connie in five four clears up a bit as we go farther wise. Oh, yeah me 50-47 maintained for 13 miles for 1000 ago yep colony, 854 traffic, 12 o'clock and 7 miles. Northwest bounce 3200 indicated. Okay, we're looking for traffic colony, 85 for and scope is clear. It's just us chickens out here.35 for 3 County, 854, TURN, RIGHT heading two, two zero nine miles. You can work your way down, 200 feet, yeah, and then I'll have six miles between this and my final approach fix to slow down, get the gear down.

It's stabilized rock, all right! You're, now on the plate, look at the 850 for genes.11 miles reported in the 854 cleared visual approach, runway three-two, Janesville clear for this whole three to Kanye, 540 I usually fly it with the chart and the reason I like that is it gives me traffic as well. Yep you're right flying it up here. A v8 navigate then communicate in that order. County 854 radar service terminated contacting built our one 18.8 every day gonna. Do this Oh No yeah I already activated I? Guess they had yeah watched your heading.

You looked right: Thank, You, descendant pilots and I. Look plan 500! Let's go get that altitude yeah! That's what your alarm yeah I, just like to say it out loud, okay, I can't hear it out loud, Archer, five, nine or eight contact medicine approach, one two zero point: one good name! Yeah! Definitely that's not this in a while. That's why we come up here and practice, yep Hey! So after Saudi down to 27 bucks, all right, you pass Saudi down to 2,700 clear ahead, nothing on the scope. Now November 7 Lima, uniform report. I have fired cancellation in the air on this frequency or on the ground through the remote communication, frequency change, advisory frequency improve okay separately before Roger.

Just keep it real I'm, not gonna, cancel right now, all right, we can do it on the RC. Oh, yeah 27 fills air boo and heading down five 33 36 Rockford approach, Rockford open their freezer up, free to Tony a little left of course, yep at it or make your seat up, call yeah sure go ahead. It's seven miles out eight miles the no traffic for euro traffic mini. Seventh, a uniform seven miles: they are now for 3-0 Monroe traffic, the 72 393, clear runway, 3-0 tactic, the fuel Monroe traffic at Bananas, a wins. They appear to be favoring runway to 0-3 that got a Cuban a sauce down there.

Yep okay I've got the field in sight down to 14 85 miles an hour traffic booty and a for my phone there right away.3-0 I blow my glide. So but that's not that important, because I fourteen eight Phil one doc left yeah there you go 1,600 and there's my runway here. Undercarriage mixture and prop all set yep I see you gear down light excellent moody insert final four three zero Monroe I've never been here before: Broad pleaser, it's smoother than this runway I. Think I've been here twice already I think I've picked up a couple of airplanes or on ferry gigs, trying to remember why it sounded familiar very nice sort of terminal FBO building. Oh, really that wasn't so bad I mean it wasn't perfect.

It was fine, pretty airplanes on the ramp yeah, one of them their booties. How much gas is that a curiosity? Let's see.

Source : Rod Rakic