E6B (was Re: VERY good weekend)

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu Jun 13 14:46:41 2002

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Doc wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > --- Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com> 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.
>
> From the Telex E-6B manual:
>
> "Originally designed by the late Lt. Philip Dalton, USNR, the E-6B
> computer was adopted by the Army Air Corp in 1942 and has appeared on
> the civilian market under different labels and variations. It has since
> been adopted by the U.S. Navy and now by the U.S. Army for helicopter
> pilots."

Thanks for that quote. A google search was not at all productive from a
historical point of view.
                                                 - don

> Also, on the "type designation" question, while reading the friendly
> manual (which covers 3 models - FDF-51A/57/60) I also found a reference
> to "the Telex type E-6B Dead Reckoning Computer".
>
> > > 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.
>
> Only about $30. I may just be a snob, but I have a real problem with
> cardboard anything that's meant to be used more than once.
>
>
> Doc
>
>
Received on Thu Jun 13 2002 - 14:46:41 BST