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Old 12th Feb 2017, 03:44
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E6-B Flight Computer

I'm curious about the E6-B Flight Computer.

For those of you using an alternative, exactly what alternative are you using?

Thanks.
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Old 12th Feb 2017, 05:26
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Jeppesen CR-3 - much easier to use and much more versatile. Mostly cheaper too.

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Old 12th Feb 2017, 09:54
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Dalton computer.
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Old 12th Feb 2017, 12:02
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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).
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Saw an E-6A once in a museum. Has 60 at the top where 10 is on the E-6B. Vintage 1940.
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Old 12th Feb 2017, 15:28
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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.
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Post a picture! Would love to see the condition it is in.
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He used a Chalkboard and Abacus for the first 38 Years.
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Old 12th Feb 2017, 21:11
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FMS, perhaps.

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