13 Jun
2002
13 Jun
'02
10:46 a.m.
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Doc wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Thanks for that quote. A google search was not at all productive from a
historical point of view.
- don
--- Doc <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> wrote:
From the Telex E-6B manual:
"Originally designed by the late Lt. Philip Dalton, USNR, the E-6B
computer was adopted by the Army Air Corp in 1942 and has appeared on
the civilian market under different labels and variations. It has since
been adopted by the U.S. Navy and now by the U.S. Army for helicopter
pilots."
> > So, E6B is a type designation, right? Not a model name?
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. Also, on the "type designation" question,
while reading the friendly
manual (which covers 3 models - FDF-51A/57/60) I also found a reference
to "the Telex type E-6B Dead Reckoning Computer".
Only about $30. I may just be a snob, but I have a real problem with
cardboard anything that's meant to be used more than once.
Doc
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.