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Old 11th November 2004 | 22:24
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G'day Scameron,
Your list looks just fine for what you'll need.
I wouldn't spend big yet on the clipboard. You won't need it for a few hours yet. (at first, use a light coloured ordinary clipboard folded the other way + a big clip or elastic band.)
Charts are fine.
Dividers are fine, but if you can, also grab some that take a lead insert also. Useful for drawing arcs.
CRP 5, they'll do for the exams (been thrashed out as you can see)
No idea what the plotter is. Again, you won't need it untill you're venturing forth outside the training area. Personally, a good aeronautical ruler is a better bet.
Pens are fine. (Snaffle the KFC wipes for cleaning your chart)
5" protractor. Grab a piece of fishing line and insert in the tiny hole in the middle. Tie off the ends. Now you have a quick and accurate measuring device for tracks.
Light? Grab a 2 AA battery Maglite. Tough and they'll last.

Logbook. Yep.

Manuals.
I know nothing about the confusers. (I didn't do my PPL here)
A very useful book and it shouldn't cost the earth is an Aeronautical Dictionary by Dale Crane (ISBN 1560272872)

If you're dead set on going Commercial etc, bung these books in the Xmas list. The Jet Engine by Rolls Royce, Handling the BIg Jet by DP Davies, Aircraft Systems and Instrumentation by Pallet. Also Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K Gann. All of these are bloody good books.
Cheers
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