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...It displays a tablet-like computer with a few apps in the cockpit. It is mainly used for flying in virtual reality. When flying in a simulator, one often needs to look up details in PDF charts, plane manuals, checklists or other documents. Using a PDF reader breaks the immersion because the virtual aviator either has to take off of their HMD or use other tools that can move windows into VR. AviTab tries to solve this problem by offering a PDF reader inside a native plugin for X-Plane. Using a plugin also opens possibilities for more apps inside the tablet, for example, to display information about the plane status or aid in navigation. ...

...I have used OpenFlightNav for several years on a netbook sitting on my lap in the cockpit. 1. Navigation system for private (glider) pilots. Test version runs on Linux tablets and netbooks. 3D Navigation and more functionality (RT lists, checklists, terrain). Default map is based in OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/) data. A separate application (NavMapMaker) is available to create your own maps based on scanned or other digital maps. So, you may stop buying expensive digital maps. First release will be for the new state of the art Jolla mobile phone (http://www.linkedin.com/company/2649185) at the beginning of 2013. ...