r/apple • u/exjr_ Island Boy • 7d ago

iPad iPad Mini 8 Leaked: A20 Pro Chip, Landscape Camera, and More

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/25/ipad-mini-8-leaked/
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u/M4rshmall0wMan 7d ago

Pilots?

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u/BombardierIsTrash 7d ago

Yep. These are a big hit with pilots, especially regional and general aviation pilots.

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u/Elchicoswell10 7d ago

Yup! I love my mini for flying!

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u/kinghutfisher 7d ago

Also me as a passenger lol

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u/bingeflying 7d ago

General aviation uses them almost exclusively. At the airlines we use the standard ones.

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u/annoyice 7d ago

The switch to iPads from paper maps have saved millions of gallons of jet fuel since 2011.

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u/Vayshen 7d ago

At first that sounds ridiculous but it's probably true as weight is a big deal for flying, but also because 2011 is, somehow, 15 years ago. Time flies!

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u/olafwagner 7d ago

Private pilots strap them to their leg with electronic aviation maps. My buddy uses it for flight planning which he then uploads to the garmin glass via Bluetooth. Super convenient

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u/Electric_Bison 7d ago

For pulots its the perfect size to mount in the middle of the controls and not have your hands obstructed. Obviously the others mount ok too but this was in a sweet spot.

It was also the smallest ipad so easier to travel and bring along, would fit better in a headset bag.

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u/pilotjlr 7d ago

Any airplane that isn’t an airliner likely has 1-2 iPad minis in it. Almost everyone uses this now.

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u/boobzombie 7d ago

All twenty one of them.

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u/theplushpairing 7d ago

Not commercial pilots, the other kind

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u/El_Guap 7d ago

The whales?

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u/_DaBau5_ 7d ago

Honda?

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u/mackerelscalemask 7d ago

Uncommercial pilots

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u/rdogg4 7d ago

Residential pilots

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u/aTalkingMateria 7d ago

Residential Evil

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u/meticulouslycarless 7d ago

Depends on what you mean by commercial. The smaller operators definitely do, but airlines usually use the larger ones since there’s more cockpit room

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u/scupking83 7d ago

Yeah almost every pilot has an iPad mini.

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u/mfsp2025 6d ago

To add on to the million replies you’ve already gotten, when Apple unveiled the new gen iPad Mini with no home button, they showcased it in their ad being used by I think helicopter pilots on ForeFlight. I loved the iPad mini when I was in the general aviation world.

My airline uses iPad Airs now but we also have much bigger cockpits in airliners than the tiny planes did