[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 10:27:53 -0500
Great minds think alike.......
On 4 Mar 2012, at 08:44, George Couckuyt <grandbender@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No, You just put it in "airplane mode" bwa ha ha ha !
>
> On 2012-03-04, at 7:56 AM, eurogarth wrote:
>
>> So much for the "turn off all electronics" before take off rule!
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2012-03-03, at 18:54, Frank Birch <fbirch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> US Air Force Agrees to Purchase $9 Million Worth of iPads
>>> Friday March 2, 2012 9:34 am PST by Jordan Golson
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> A number of airlines have begun testing iPads to replace heavy flight bags,
>>> includingUnited, Delta, American, and the Marine Corps.
>>>
>>> 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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