When we originally rebuilt the site our goal was to build a rich, visually appealing and fully interactive application that was completely integrated.
We examined a number of different platforms to accomplish this goal, as there are a number of options available, all with good features and bad features, and we chose the flex framework for its usability, stability and ease of deployment. However, due to Apple restrictions, they do not currently support flash based web applications on their iOS devices. With this in mind, we are exploring other options to extend our application to iOS users including a potential stand alone iOS application.
There are currently a number of options available from third parties to run flash based web applications on iOS devices. Please view the iTunes store for more information.