13 Jun
2002
13 Jun
'02
1:53 p.m.
--- Doc <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Don Maslin wrote:
I always thought of it as a model name, but not a model specific to a
vendor; does that make it a type designation? It's probably a former
military designator for some original COMPUTER, FLIGHT, MODEL E6B or
some such, but that's just a guess.
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Doc wrote:
> > So, E6B is a type designation, right? Not a model name? They're still being sold as part of pilot
"student kits". As a matter
of fact, ASA sells one made of <<shudder>> pasteboard.
That's what I have - absolute backup for my Palm running flight software.
To be fair, they sell a really sweet-looking metal
model too.
It is sweet, but it costs a lot more than the pasteboard one.
-ethan
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