I have an iPad4 (no internal GPS) with the GNS1000 external GPS.

I have an iPad 2 with the GNS 5870 gps. Recently the in flight function has failed with the same red plane & the system stops functioning. I have checked that the Skydemon is switched on in location services. I wonder what else I can be doing wrong.

I have now got an ipad mini and the new garmin glo, and have yet to fly with it.(hopefully will do on Tuesday) I have tested it around the house and it seemed to work OK.

I drove to Manchester today and took the opportunity to test the combination and was very frustrated that the GPS signal kept dropping out with the aircraft turning yellowish.

For all intents and purposes the ipad was showing a bluetooth connection with the GPS

When at my destination it started working ok, but haven't figured out why, on the return journey it worked flawlessly even though I turned off and restarted the ipad and then turned off and restarted the gps, they connected each time and worked OK.

But when I got home I had the same problem with the signal dropping out.

Then I noticed that the GPS has synced with my mobile which was in my pocket. I unpaired them and it and all was well again.

Could this be happening to anyone else? I'll be doing a few more switching on and off before I am satisfied it is cured.

For what it's worth my 'alt' indicator shows 'blue' but I'm not sure if that is because I'm at ground level or not.

I've also just updated to the latest ios, and didn't have any issues before that update.

Forget all the above, it seems to be pot luck now whether the gps signal stays connected, if you can get through the first 20 seconds your'e ok otherwise no chance.

I think it's back to the cheap chinese device for now.

Which ios Versions do you use ? when you get the gps problems ? 6.1.1 / 6.1.2 :-)