"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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For the plane, of course... ;-)

For the hangar I got a nice rolling tool box, with locking drawers and
plenty of storage capacity. Our hangar workbench has slowly grown
into a mess over the years, and this will help to organize everything.

Was Santa good to you? Get any cool gadgets?

Not exactly for the plane but I got the new Saitek Flight Yoke and Rudder
pedals. The Yoke comes with a separate full-sized (well, for a Piper Warrior
at least) throttle quadrant with throttle, prop and mixture levers--in
color too. The yoke has a metal shaft and a nifty digital clock/timer on the
yoke itself. It takes the time from the PC which I thought was cool until I
realized it was a constant reminder of how late I was actually staying up.
Had the CH Products set before but realized how cheaply they were mad after
the rudders malfunctioned and I took it apart and saw wires the size of a
human hair (no wonder it broke). The Saiteks seem more rugged and are
noticably more accurate in my various simulators (MS FSX, X-Plane, and On
Top 9). I rarely fly them for pure pleasure but seem to always be doing
approaches so I regard the gift as flight-related.

I'm just glad Garmin didn't come out with a GPSMap 596 to make my 496 out of
date...

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.

Marco