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Whimlew
12th Feb 2017, 03:44
I'm curious about the E6-B Flight Computer.
For those of you using an alternative, exactly what alternative are you using?
Thanks.
Jeppesen CR-3 - much easier to use and much more versatile. Mostly cheaper too.
phil
SASless
12th Feb 2017, 12:02
Same one issued to me by the US Army in 1967.
The standard small E-6B.
Did buy the Round one....as it fit into a shirt pocket but never liked it and went back to the original.
Offshore flying it was useful in trips to moving vessels and multiple stops at rigs/platforms (pre-GPS).
Three Lima Charlie
12th Feb 2017, 14:16
Saw an E-6A once in a museum. Has 60 at the top where 10 is on the E-6B. Vintage 1940.
soggyboxers
12th Feb 2017, 15:28
I used the Jeppesen CR3 shirt pocket computer for the last 38 years of my flying career. I liked it because it was compact and easy to use.
Whimlew
12th Feb 2017, 15:37
Post a picture! Would love to see the condition it is in. :)
SASless
12th Feb 2017, 20:48
He used a Chalkboard and Abacus for the first 38 Years.:p
galaxy flyer
12th Feb 2017, 21:11
FMS, perhaps.
GF