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As of November 5, 2015,Jazz Software announced the availability of Jazz Weight and Balance for iPad and iPhone. By offering pilots a better way to compute their aircraft weight and balance, the app reduces preflighting time and increases safety, by accurately checking loading in relation to the weight and balance envelope and that there is enough fuel onboard for the planned flight.
Jazz Software partnered with the Vermont Flight Academy and Vermont Technical College’s Aviation Degree Program to make the app as simple and intuitive as possible.
“The Jazz Weight and Balance app has become Vermont Flight Academy’s most important preflight tool. The easy-to-use interface has made a somewhat daunting and time consuming task fast and simple. My Job as Chief Flight Instructor is to make sure we train conservative and safe pilots. Jazz Weight and Balance has made my job easier and I can now easily
verify that none of our planes are flying in an unsafe condition.” - Ben Higgins, Chief Flight Instructor, Vermont Flight Academy
“As a private pilot, I really wanted an elegant and simple app for calculating weight and balance, and could not find one,” said Lou Krieg, President of Jazz Software. “We spent countless hours working with pilots and students to ensure the Jazz Weight and Balance app meets their needs for both accuracy and ease of use.”
Once opened, the app presents the user with a technical, yet simple, user interface. The lower half of the iPad app is the weight and balance chart with color- coded normal, utility, and aerobatic envelopes. The top right quadrant is the area where the user inputs all of the weight and balance information. The data can be entered using either a standard number pad keyboard or the scrolling dial input that Apple pioneered on the original iPods.
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