On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:55:57 GMT, "John"
wrote:

My niece is going to visit a friend in Europe next month and he starting
flying for a airline over there about a year ago. She asked me for a
recommendation for a gift in the 100.00 range for him. Any thoughts?

I'm not an airline pilot but I travel a lot (used to anyway)....

How about a...nice travel alarm clock radio...like the Sony ICF-C1200
http://www.parkaveelectronics.com/pr...1200&l=Froogle

or the Sony ICF-SW12, which is older and has an analog tuner, but
also has shortwave bands.
http://www.superphonestore.net/icf-sw12.html

Both are around the $100 mark or less if you shop around. Both are
very small, look at the dimensions! They have 'world time' aka
adjustable time zones, nice for travelling. I have an SW12 and
really like it.

If you buy any radio with AM/FM digital tuning for someone in Europe,
be sure the AM (MW) can be changed to 9 khz steps vs the 10khz steps
we use here in the US....as well as tune to the odd AND even tenths in
the FM band (i.e 96.2) Both of the above radios will do that.

--Don

Don Byrer KJ5KB
Radar Tech & Smilin' Commercial Pilot Guy
Glider & CFI wannabe
kj5kb-at-hotmail.com

"I have slipped the surly bonds of earth; now if I can just land without bending the gear..."
"Watch out for those doves...smack-smack-smack-smack..."