by CNNGo staff
A great tool for pilots, or the first step toward pilotless aircraft? Back in April, we wrote about the trend of tablet remote control for luxury yachts.
The latest super cool tech news in the travel industry? Pilots can now use an iPad to calculate ideal speeds and engine settings while they're flying.
Boeing announced last week that pilots will be using the company’s Onboard Performance Tool (OPT) on iPad by the end of 2012.
According to the company's official brochure, OPT is an application that allows flight crews to make real-time calculations for takeoffs and landings in any type of weather condition on any type of runway.
“We have been very successful in the marketplace with our existing OPT application, but our customers told us they wanted a version for iPad,” John Maggiore, Boeing’s director of Airline Performance Management, said in a press release.
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