Chris Oliver

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September 5, 2004, on Shopping for Airplane Accessories:
For a pilot's wrist watch, the most useful is the Suunto Altimeter watch. Loose your altimeter and you have one that stay's within 100 feet of indicated, (the diff is because the watch in inside your cabin vs. outside and there is a pressure differental). This of course is only if you have a non-pressurized airplane. For headsets, I have owned Dave Clarks and recently the Lightspeed 20 3G ANR. Both are fine sets but not nearly as good as the DRE 6000's with the Oregon Aero kit. These are the quietest and most comfortable headset I have ever tried. I read a review on Aviation Consumer which rated them higher than all except the Bose for ANR but equal for comfort and decided to try them since my Lightspeeds where like nut crackers. They are super but add the Oregon Aero kit and you have unmatched comfort and a very quiet set. There is a new DRE headset out called the 6500 which is even further improved. They are little known but have quite a cult following and I can see why. ...