After months using the iPad on flights, I decided to try using the iPad full-time. The November release of iOS 4.2 brought multitasking which allowed me to launch apps (like AvCharts and Penultimate) and switch between the 2 without worry of losing where I left off.
Penultimate is perfect for clearance and in-flight notes. You can add new pages, clear pages instantly, undo/redo, erase, etc… There is wrist protection built in and you can even send a page (or entire notebook) to email. This is perfect for me since I usually write all of my flight details on scrap paper and have to transfer the detail in my logbook. Now, I just send to email which logs the date and all of my flight detail like destinations, landings, flight time, etc…
AvCharts has been out a while, but the ability to save and update hi-res charts is perfect for the iPad.
