Slide rules -

[Sandy W5TVW]

At 10:05 AM 3/19/99 -0500, you wrote:

>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

        NOT!  I still rely on one of my three slide rules to give me answers to
design problems!  No batteries required, and always ready to operate!
I also have an E6B and even the book that goes with it full of WW2
airplane pictures!
        Even use the E6B with the Microsoft Flight Sim going cross country
for practice!  It's amazing how close you can come using DR navigation.
It's also fun to crank in winds and try to compensate using the plotter side!
73,
Sandy W5TVW

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