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✈️ Deluxe VFR Pro-Flight Kneeboards: The Ultimate Choice for Aviation Professionals by APR Review

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Description of ✈️ Deluxe VFR Pro-Flight Kneeboards: The Ultimate Choice for Aviation Professionals by APR

Flight Plan Sequence, VHF Communication Frequencies. Special Equipment Suffix, Phonetic Alphabet, Standard Time Zones. In-flight Weather, Transponder with Mode C, Cruising Altitude VFR. VFR Visibility and Distance from Clouds, Tower Light Signals. Cloud Requirements.

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Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good knee pad

This is a handy knee pad for cross country flights - it will help keep all your papers off your knees on the ground when trying to land at an unfamiliar airport! My only complaint is that the cutaway diagram is too long for the clipboard so it ends up hanging down and getting in the way. Unfortunately, since I'm taller in my Cessna 172, when I strap it to my leg it gets in the way of the yoke if you pull it back too far, like on takeoff. I learned this the hard way when a crosswind picked up…

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  • avionics
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  • alt

Used once. It was awkward to use in flight and when my instructor saw it he went out and bought me a new one! He didn't want me to bother using it. To be honest the board went on a losing streak as soon as it arrived with a broken pencil (cut in half by shrink wrapping too tight but I wouldn't recommend it). It does have some great info imprinted on it though, like the VFR lows that BTW recently changed in Class G airspace and the tower light cannon signals. So I made a small version of the…

Pros
  • Electronics
Cons
  • Cable is shorter than other picks

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Good idea, bad execution

Good idea, bad execution. I finally used this for the first time last weekend and won't be doing it again unless I can somehow tweak it to keep it in place. What I didn't see until I started having problems is that there is a large open slot on the left where the strap hooks (see photo). I assume the strap can be replaced with this, but due to the position of the strap and the oversized slot, the strap will pop out as soon as you move your foot even a little bit. I tried tightening it…

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  • Car electronics
Cons
  • No instructions