I've been flying with an IPOD for some time. When the mood and flight
is right, I hook it up and enjoy.

Have to say that XM Sat beats it cold. Since installing my Garmin w/XM
Weather, the music from that is just great. Music, or talk, or
whatever. No decision about when to hook up or what playlist to have
loaded. Just turn on and choose from the many channels.... 70s is my
current thing.

Now if I can just my engine back in the ol' ship.

Kyle Boatright wrote:
I'm not really a music person. I'd just as soon listen to talk radio,
sports, or whatever on the car radio as listen to music.

That said, I just purchased an el-cheapo MP3 player to use when flying,
jogging, cycling, etc. ($65 delivered, via EBAY) It plugs into my PS
intercom system with a simple patch cord, and came with an arm band,
earbuds, etc. for non-aviation use. It even has an FM receiver, so when I
get tired of the songs on my playlist, I have other options.

Anyway, today was the first time I used it in-flight. Really, really nice
for adding some background music to a solo early-evening flight. Little
Wing by Derek and the Domino's seemed particularly appropriate this evening,
as did the Battle of Britain soundtrack.

One caveat on MP3 players for aviation use. Don't get one that relies on a
hard drive for memory. Hard drives are not designed to work at over 10k
feet, and use at altitude may greatly speed a hard drives demise.

Anyway, a neat addition to my collection of things which make flying even
more enjoyable...