I met Mike Ladd, maker of the AvPad (http://www.theavpad.com)at the aviation social media gathering at Oshkosh 2011. Sponsored by the good folks at Sennheiser Aviation (http://www.sennheiser-aviation.com), this event has become a favorite during Oshkosh. For a few hours all the bloggers and twitter’ers get to meet face to face and for once – interact in the real world. It’s also great to see real aviation companies supporting the growing aviation social media movement.

Mike’s product is ingeniously simple and solves two problems – holding your iPad (or iPad2) in the cockpit, and protecting it outside the cockpit. Cause if you have an iPad you HAVE to take it flying.  I think there is a law against leaving it at home.  Seriously.  He’s designed a tough as nails, simple kneeboard that holds your iPad.

Mike from AvPad gave me his newest model at Oshkosh 2011 to review for the site.  I was pretty stoked because I was looking at cover for my iPad2 anyway, and having one that was useful in the cockpit is even better.  I don’t go flying every day, but I do use my AvPad every day.  After having it for a while you will wonder how you lived with out it.  Cliche, I know.