Looking through the aviation cata-logs you can quickly be overwhelmed by the choices of pilot equipment and gear. In Sporty's Pilot Shop catalog, for example, there are two pages of logbook options and half a page of logbook covers and cases. What's a pilot to do? When I first started taking flying lessons, I gobbled up at least one of everything. If one plotter was good, a second one was better and a mechanical measuring implement was needed. I had a standard E6B but then felt I needed a circular slide rule version. Sectionals were fine, but I also needed airport guides and all kinds of whiz wheels that showed landing pattern procedures, holding procedure entries and weight and balance calculations.
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