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oroboros commented on the word whiz wheel
Specialized version of the sliderule for pilots. It's round and used to compute all manner of pilotage parameters vital to aviating from point A to point B. Now everybody uses GPS and inertial navigation computers. Sic transit gloria mundi.
January 2, 2007
kaichi commented on the word whiz wheel
Some of us cantankerous and curmudgeonly lovers of puddlejumpers like to do things the oldfangled way, with those nifty E6B's, a handful of good old dead reckoning and a whole lot of by-the-seat-of-yer-pants pilotage. I've only got a private ticket and haven't flown in a while, but I always LOVED doing all those calculations on the "computer," helped along with a freshly-sharpened number 2 pencil. (^-^)
January 2, 2007