Apple’s iPad tablet computer is only about a year-and-a-half old, and in a short period of time it has exploded into aviation, unleashing a furious expenditure of creative energy by developers of applications for the compact and powerful portable device. Apps range from preflight performance calculators to flight planners and in-flight moving maps. Pilots can even run synthetic vision, display XM WX satellite weather and live traffic on their iPads. For a complete version of this article, click here NBAA_2011_iPad Report.pdf