ADS-B is coming, like it or not
by Matt Thurber Mention ADS-B in a group of pilots and the likely result is puzzled looks and a change of subject.

Mention ADS-B in a group of pilots and the likely result is puzzled looks and a change of subject. To many pilots, ADS-B is something that is coming someday, and they’ll learn about it when forced to. There is an easier way, however, and it’s not terribly expensive, in relative terms. Instead of going for a full-blown ADS-B in or out or both installation, which can cost thousands of dollars, why not run ADS-B on your Apple iPad?

Radenna, an 18-month-old Revere, Mass.-based development enterprise run by Alexey Zaparovanny, founder and chief technology officer, and CEO Vladimir Geisberg, offers a receiver that displays ADS-B in traffic and weather on an iPad moving-map app. Called SkyRadar Pro, the app is aptly named, because ground-based radar is what ADS-B is eventually supposed to replace.