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1 HN user recommended this in 2015, in one comment.
20072026
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ASA E6B Metal Flight Computer
Amazon's catalog no longer lists this product (checked 2026-11-02). The name comes from the link HN users posted.
Curtas are great, I ran across them a few years ago and I've wanted one ever since.
I'm a huge fan of flight computers too - they're basically a circular slide rule with common units marked. A lot of people don't use them regularly now that we have electronic calculators, but an E6B never runs out of batteries in midair. They're very easy for quick conversions once you get the hang of it.
ASA makes a nice one in aluminum that I really like: http://www.amazon.com/ASA-E6B-Metal-Flight-Computer/dp/B003Z...