The E6B flight computer is a vital tool for pilots, used to calculate groundspeed, time, distance, fuel burn, density altitude, and various conversions by aligning values on its circular scales.

The new manual E6B flight computer course is available for free Martha King explains how to use a manual E6B flight computer in this free King Schools course.

In the early days of aviation, pilots or their navigators used a plethora of tools to solve common navigation and piloting problems. There was definitely a need for some kind of computing aid that ...

The ability to use a mechanical E6B flight computer—a form of a circular slide rule that helps calculate things like fuel burn, wind correction, and time en route—is the “cursive writing” of the ...