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Video Tip: How to use a mechanical E6B flight computer

Flight Training Central

Most students today prefer to use an electronic E6B flight computer when planning a flight or preparing for the FAA knowledge test. The electronic E6B is actually the evolution of a mechanical E6B flight computer, often referred to as a whiz wheel.

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LATAM Boeing 777 Tailstrike At Milano Malpensa Preliminary Report: Pilots Entered Wrong Takeoff Parameters In Flight Computer

Simple Flying

The National Agency for the Safety of Flight (Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo, ANSV) has released its preliminary report about an incident involving a LATAM Airlines Boeing 777-300ER in Milan, Italy.

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Going Commando

AV Web

My student sat at the briefing picnic table outside my t-hangar and, with a “humph,” laid out the sectional chart, the dead reckoning planning chart, and his solar/battery-powered flight computer calculator thingy. He plotted a wind triangle without using the wind side of any flight computer.

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Pointers for Packing Your First Flight Bag

Flying Magazine

Courtesy: ASA] E6-B Flight Computer The flight computer is a must-have. The E6-B comes in an electronic form (think calculator on steroids) or the mechanical version, which is a circular slide rule and looks intimidating until you realize the instructions for use are printed on it.

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American Airlines and Tulsa Tech partner to develop aviation maintenance talent pipeline

World Airline News

American also donated several aircraft parts including an auxiliary power unit, four oxygen generators, a digital flight computer and a flow control valve during today’s event at the school’s Riverside campus. These parts will provide students with relevant, hands-on resources to help them in their studies.

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What to Expect When Learning to Fly

Flying Magazine

Learn to Use a Mechanical E6-B Flight Computer Don’t let it intimidate you. For the pilots (often lapsed CFIs) who argue that the cockpits of turboprops and jets have flight management systems and backups on backups for navigation that will tell you wind correction angles, ground speed, time en route, etc.,

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American and Tulsa Tech partner to train next-gen AMTs

Aviation Bussiness News

” American Airlines has also donated several aircraft parts including an auxiliary power unit, four oxygen generators, a digital flight computer and a flow control valve, providing students with relevant, hands-on resources to help with their studies.