EFB2004 (Electronic Flight Bag for FS2004) is a software-based display system intended primarily for the simulated cockpit or flight deck. It virtually does away with the need for paper charts and other physical copies of documents such as aircraft operating manuals, performance data, approach charts and checklists.
In real world aviation EFB devices usually consist of software and hardware (hand-held tablet PC or integrated display). They can display a variety of aviation functions that in the past were traditionally accomplished using paper references. EFB systems may be approved to replace some of the bulky hard copy material that pilots typically carry in their flight bags. They can be found in everything from light single-engine props to multi-engine jet airliners.
The EFB2004 software is designed to minimize a pilot's workload and head-down time, delivering a virtually paperless cockpit environment.
The EFB2004 software can retrieve and display such documents as:
Approach Plates
Aeronautical Navigation Charts
Pilot Operating Handbooks
General Operations Manual
Standard Operating Procedures
Minimum Equipment Lists
The EFB2004 can also download/display real-time data online such as:
Weather Radar
Weather Briefings
Any web-based information
Other functions include:
Heads-Up audio checklist system
Moving Map Display
Navigation Log display of the current FS2004 flight plan
Feature List:
Moving Map with BMP/XML and NOS/GEO Chart Support
PDF Approach Charts support (via Adobe Reader Plug-in)
JPG/BMP Approach Chart support
PDF Aircraft Manual support (via Adobe Reader Plug-in)
This must be one of the best addon for FS9 ever!!
The ability to look on Charts in flight,
without having them all printed out, floating
around the Flightdeck(my desk)Ink is also money.
Now I know which Rwy I have to land on, since
I now can see the current wind direction, for the area around my destination airport.
Moving Map, with my Flightplan and in Google Earth
...WOW!!! (I just love Google Earth)
The only bad thing is for those using FSX, because, there you have to use the utility in Window mode...and that´s not what any Simmer does. Lucky me having FS9
/ Leffe