The U.S. light aircraft manufacturer LoPresti SpeedMerchants will introduce the iPod into the cockpit of its Fury piston aircraft. The company plans the “full integration of the iPod into the Fury’s avionics systems.”

LoPresti says “The iPod becomes the first truly portable, personal flight recorder with a huge recording capacity. We are delighted to be the first to bring it to the market.”

The iPod flight data recorder would work with the patented iPod dock connector port on the bottom of the device. Vice President of LoPresti, RJ Siegel says, “The iPod has an ideal product spec for aviation. It’s light and small, with very low power requirements and a simple interface. There are thousands of developers passionate about writing applications for the iPod. With such a large body of programmers we literally have no idea what the next great aviation application may be.”

Via FlightGlobal.com