You've just passed your instrument checkride, and
as a consequence you have a $50 gift certificate
from your girlfriend for the local pilot shop.

What do you get?

Complicating matters is that I already have all
the pilot toys that I need for the near term:
plotter, kneeboard, flashlight, timer, plus the
expensive stuff like gps, handheld backup com,
Jepp subscrip, etc.

What's cool and not totally useless for about
$50?

Or, what book should I buy? Anyone have
recommendations for a good IFR book that is
not strictly a training manual?

-- dave j
-- jacobowitz73 -at- yahoo -dot- com

In a previous article, (Dave Jacobowitz) said:
>You've just passed your instrument checkride, and
>as a consequence you have a $50 gift certificate
>from your girlfriend for the local pilot shop.
>
>What do you get?

16 gallons of 100LL. Take her somewhere.


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"Dave Jacobowitz" > wrote in message =
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> You've just passed your instrument checkride, and
> as a consequence you have a $50 gift certificate=20
> from your girlfriend for the local pilot shop.
>=20
> What do you get?
>=20
>=20
> -- dave j
>

Can the pilot shop get you a dozen roses?
---JRC---

Paul and John had great recomendations, but if you want a book, get
IFR - A Structured Approach by John C. Eckalbar.

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 22:45:07 GMT, Steve
> wrote:

>Paul and John had great recomendations, but if you want a book, get
>IFR - A Structured Approach by John C. Eckalbar.

I was going to recommend the same book. This is a GREAT read once you
have the inst. ticket.

Dave Blevins

Use it as a downpayment on a headset for her

Dave Jacobowitz wrote:

> You've just passed your instrument checkride, and
> as a consequence you have a $50 gift certificate
> from your girlfriend for the local pilot shop.
>
> What do you get?
>
> Complicating matters is that I already have all
> the pilot toys that I need for the near term:
> plotter, kneeboard, flashlight, timer, plus the
> expensive stuff like gps, handheld backup com,
> Jepp subscrip, etc.
>
> What's cool and not totally useless for about
> $50?
>
> Or, what book should I buy? Anyone have
> recommendations for a good IFR book that is
> not strictly a training manual?
>
> -- dave j
> -- jacobowitz73 -at- yahoo -dot- com

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Thanks for the ideas, guys. I think I will
go for the book IFR Structured Approach book,
and maybe another book I saw, a pilot's guide
to western airports that had pictures of the
airport and the city and major attractions therein.
(A good book for helping the non-pilot in the
relationship find a reason to fly somewhere.)

I will get her roses, and will spend lots on
100LL, trust me. Alas, the pilot shop with
the gift certificate sells neither.

thanks,
-- dave

>..... how about a nice leather Jepp binder?

Before blowoing dough on tha tbinder, take a look at the "Air Chart"
system. You might like it a lot better than Jepps. Sure is a lot
cheaper and a lot less time-consuming.

I've used it for close to 30 years and have never had a problem.

I wouldn't go back to Jepps if they gave it to me free, with
gold-plated, diamond-studded binders.

vince norris