Electronic flight bags taste Android

GREENWICH: Over 3000 new users agree that AvNav EFB will enhance situational awareness and safety for pilots. In its AirVenture debut, the company has been showcasing the product in its booth in the Garmin Hangar D with many excited pilots getting a chance to test drive the Application with features like Terrain, Fuel prices, DUAT weather briefing and filing, ADS-B weather and traffic and more, as per a press note.

"Android today runs on 80 per cent of phones and growing number of tablets. Yet there are few Electronic Flight Bags that meet expectations of pilots. We are happy to introduce a comprehensive, high-performance and affordable solution for this problem," said Sanjay Kumar, Founder and CEO of AvNav.

"AvNav EFB takes full advantage of multi-threaded, multi-tasking environment of Android and has some of the fastest rendering and highest quality maps on Android. Best of all, it is very easy to use inspite of all its power. We looked at prices too and we are very pleased to announce our partnership with the open source community on Github to bring Geo-referenced approach plates and airport diagrams at no additional cost to our users."

At the show, pilots are taking advantage of AvNav's AirVentures and the price includes Geo-referenced Approach plates and Airport diagrams and daily updated fuel prices, the company added.