Does there breathe a pilot not using an iPad or tablet of some kind in the cockpit? We may know of one or two, but the rest of us confront this challenge: Where to put the confounded thing during flight? The aftermarket has provided in the form of more mounts, straps, clips, brackets, cases, bags and sleeves than an ordinary human can fathom, much less evaluate for purchase.
In fact, there are so many of these devices that we’re breaking them into two categories: brackets and systems for panel mounting and gadgets for strapping them to yokes, knees and the odd windshield or window. In this article, we’ll examine the panel-mount options, of which there are a surprising variety.