Several years ago I had the opportunity to realize one of my lifelong dreams: learning to fly. At the time, I was living in the Tampa Bay area, which has several small airports and flight schools.
The E6B flight computer is an essential mechanical tool for pilots, utilizing circular scales to calculate critical flight parameters such as groundspeed, time, distance, fuel burn, and density ...
In the early days of aviation, pilots or their navigators used a plethora of tools to solve common navigation and piloting problems. There was definitely a need for some kind of computing aid that ...