Hi all,
for recording - some searching at ebay for mp3 player and recording (I did it with the german words ;-) ) and you get for 45€ including sending (in Germany) a device, capable of recording up to 280 hrs.
http://cgi.ebay.de/1-8-LCD-2-GB-2GB-...QQcmdZViewItem
Some other excamples with less recording time
http://cgi.ebay.de/USB-MP3-Player-St...QQcmdZViewItem
36 € with 1GB Memory
or 26 € with 512 MB memory.
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?..._promot_widget
Just put the mp3 player in record-modus and put it in some soft foam plastik in an extra headset, hold together with tape or rubber band and you can record the whole flight.
It also works with the microphone of a cabel headset from a mobile phone (as noexcessivecranking should know by now), but there you get (depending of the phone) only amr-records, which you have to convert to mp3, to use them with the computer (or get a programm, playing amr)
Greetings Flying Bull