Gosh! How do you guys manage to carry all that on a kneeboard?
I have a fold-out two part kneeboard. On the right is a piece of paper where I write useful things down in a format that I worked out a long time ago - start time, fuel, ATISes, clearances... and on the left are the charts for the flight, sectional if it's VFR, plates for the expected approach(es) plus en-route charts if it's IFR. And that's it! Oh, a pen jammed into the clip at the top.
If it's not a local flight, I have the California airports guide on the floor, and the book of approach plates. And if it covers more than one chart, the others in the pocket by my left knee.
For acro in the Pitts, nothing at all. I know where I'm going, and I know the frequencies.
The heli is a problem since there's only room for a teeny kneeboard, and refolding a chart in flight is essentially impossible. If I'm solo, the chart goes on the passenger seat. Otherwise I make do with my hand-written "San Francisco Terminal chart essentials". I almost never write anything in the heli.
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