On Nov 16, 10:07 am, Kingfish wrote:
On Nov 16, 8:31 am, es330td wrote:





I am in the market for a new watch and thought that if I am going to
be a pilot I would see if there was something that I could use to
assist me in flying. My first thought was that something that was
Indiglo with larger numbers so I could see it easily at night would be
good as would one with two time zones so I can have one set to Zulu
and one to local. A countdown timer and stopwatch might come in
handy.

I went looking on the 'Net and found watches with compasses and
altimeters and even an E6-B but I question the value of those. If I
am ever in a situation where my altimeter, gyro, wet compass and both
GPS units , one a battery powered 96C, that show me heading and
altitude in the plane have failed I should lose my license for not
putting down long before I have to rely on a compass or altimeter in a
wris****ch.

For the people who have flown, have any of you found a watch with any
special features that actually helped you in performing your piloting
tasks?

Thanks

You must be joking. We dont' buy pilot watches to tell time - like the
replica AVG bomber jackets, they're strictly a fashion accessory...

Got it. Unfortunately, I can either pay to be a pilot or look like a
pilot. I'm going to have to go with giving my money to the flying
club so I can fly in a rectangle at $90/hr.

Nice guitar BTW. I have a Les Paul meself.- Hide quoted text -

Thanks. Not many people even know what that is if I tell them, much
less recognize it from my username. I can't do it justice yet but I
do appreciate what I am playing on.