An E6B flight computer is a vital pilot's tool designed for calculating various flight parameters, including groundspeed, fuel burn, time en route, and density altitude, by aligning values on its ...

Manual for my grandfather's flight computer, probably from the 60s.

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Learning how to use the E6B flight computer makes you a better pilot and helps you understand aircraft performance better. It is critical for determining aircraft endurance. If you hated those story ...

Even with all the capability in todays’s modern avionics and sophisticated iPad navigation apps, pilots of all experience levels still rely on the bulletproof functionality of the E6B flight computer.

In the early days, pilots used the E6B “whiz wheel” during flight planning to help compute headings to fly and estimated ground speed for cross-country flights. Next came the electronic E6B, which was ...