[muglo] Re: US Air Force Agrees to Purchase $9 Million Worth of iPads
- From: Frank Birch <fbirch@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 10:26:06 -0500
I guess they will have to put them in "airplane" mode ... Lol
On 4 Mar 2012, at 07:56, eurogarth <eurogarth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So much for the "turn off all electronics" before take off rule!
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> On 2012-03-03, at 18:54, Frank Birch <fbirch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> US Air Force Agrees to Purchase $9 Million Worth of iPads
>> Friday March 2, 2012 9:34 am PST by Jordan Golson
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>> The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $9.36 million contract to purchase as many
>> as 18,000 iPad 2s, according to Bloomberg. The plan is to replace bulky and
>> heavy flight bags full of navigational charts and other materials with iPads
>> in order to reduce the weight of pilots' bags and save fuel on flights.
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>> The Air Mobility Command, which is purchasing the iPads, provides transport
>> and refueling services using C-5, C-17, and C-130 cargo planes, and KC-10
>> and KC-135 tankers.
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>> A number of airlines have begun testing iPads to replace heavy flight bags,
>> includingUnited, Delta, American, and the Marine Corps.
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>> The iPads will streamline pilots' work by eliminating the need for thumbing
>> through sheafs of paper or waiting for pages to print. The iPads will reduce
>> clutter on cramped flight decks and offer quick and easy access to required
>> data at all times.
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