Slide rules -

[Keith Rowland]

Hi Bill, et al:

My E6B has lived in my Comanche 260B for 32 years, and lived in an assortment
of aircraft prior to that, beginning with a C-54 in 1949 (the C-54 belonged to
the Air Force--the 260B is ours : ).)  I also still have and use two Pickett
engineering slide rules, one large and one small.  The large one I used to
carry dangling from my belt, like all the other engineering hopefuls at Georgia
Tech in those days.  As has been said, no batteries required, plus we believed
at the time that the presence of the slide rule at one's side impressed girls
mightily.

Keith

Bill Coleman AA4LR wrote:

> On 3/18/99 10:01 PM, Bill Watson NV4T at Nv4t at aol.com wrote:
>
> >I remember showing my then teenage son a sliderule and his comment that it
> >was
> >neat and he wondered who could have been clever enough to invent it.  The
> >best
> >part-it's portable and no batteries needed!
>
> Slide rules may be pretty much dead in the engineering sector, but they
> are still in use daily by pilots. For those pilots whose aircraft do not
> have a flight management system (FMS), the old E6-B flight computer is
> indispensible. Sure, there are electronic equivalents, but as Bill said,
> the batteries never wear out.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at radio.org
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
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