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Hello, I am a private pilot aspiring to move up the rating and get my
CFI.

I am in the market for a PDA to help organize my life, dates, phone
numbers, addresses, emails, and also double as a electronic flight
computer and sort of a electronic flight bag type of thing.

My laptop is a Powerbook Mac and my desktop is a PC.

Should I go with a Palm pPilot (OS) or a Pocket PC? And which have
better software for aviation?

Sorry for the basic questions, but I am a total newbie when it comes to
PDA's.

I have a PalmPilot and it does everything I need it to do. As a VFR
pilot, I don't have time in the cockpit to play with any of the toys,
including the PalmPilot. Even with 'George' flying I have too much to do.
Harking back to my brief stint as an instrument student, the aviating tasks
were even more demanding. Add a few bumps enroute while I'm trying to write
something on the graffiti panel and I think I'd probably toss it over my
shoulder into the baggage compartment.
I guess my point is, I don't see any utility to having an electronic
flight computer/flight bag loaded onto a PDA. I do my flight planning on my
HP notebook on the ground before I leave. Anything the GPS won't tell me in
flight, I can figure out rather quickly with pencil on paper and a couple
spins of my whiz-wheel. Just to stay sharp, I sometimes [HORRORS!!] switch
the GPS off.
Small screens, tiny buttons, graffiti panels.... Just doesn't work for
me.

Go Fly!

Casey