"McGregor" wrote in message
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Do you see a lot of professional pilots using kneeboards? Does your
instructor use one?

My old instructor (he flew B25s in WWII) always flew with:
leather gloves,
baseball cap,
aviator glasses (even on cloudy days)
and no knee board.

I fly for a major airline and to date, I have yet to see any of our
professional pilots don a kneeboard. My flight kit usually includes copies
of company manuals, Jeppesen charts, pens, a calculator, a scab list, the
most current copy of Maxim or Playboy, a bag of tootsie rolls, chewing gum,
Sani-Com moist towelettes to clean off our O2 and communications equipment,
my passport and a fork and knife (plastic, of course). About the closest
thing I have to a kneeboard is a small 1" Jeppesen binder which I put my
monthly 'trip kit' into which contains all of the plates for airports I will
be visiting that month. That binder usually sits on the table to my side so
that I can reference it during flight.

Even back in the day when I was instructing, I always preached that less is
more when it comes to equipping yourself for flight. About all you really
need to safely fly your aircraft is a flashlight and a map. And maybe a pen
in your pocket.

Regards,

Ryan R. Healy
Chicago, IL