E6B (was Re: VERY good weekend)

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Jun 13 13:53:57 2002

--- Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Don Maslin wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Doc wrote:
>
> > > So, E6B is a type designation, right? Not a model name?

I always thought of it as a model name, but not a model specific to a
vendor; does that make it a type designation? It's probably a former
military designator for some original COMPUTER, FLIGHT, MODEL E6B or
some such, but that's just a guess.

> They're still being sold as part of pilot "student kits". As a matter
> of fact, ASA sells one made of <<shudder>> pasteboard.

That's what I have - absolute backup for my Palm running flight software.

> To be fair, they sell a really sweet-looking metal model too.

It is sweet, but it costs a lot more than the pasteboard one.

-ethan



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