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Delta Airlines selects Microsoft Surface 2 for electronic charts in cockpit

Delta Airlines has decided on the Surface 2, From Microsoft as the tablet of choice for it's 11,000+ pilots. The new devices will replace the 38 lb flight bag that pilots have lugged around for years. The tablets will contain all the charts, checklists and manuals needed to operate the airliners once the FAA signs off on the idea. (Expected

Pilot Frixion Rollerball Pens

Although it seems that the Pilot Frixion rollerballs have been out for about a year, the first I knew of them was while looking for stocking fillers in a local newsagent's. Pilot claims that these are erasable but I suspect many of us have purchased erasable pens in the past only to find that they erase by scratching a hole

Some Companies Still Don’t Get “Online”

When it comes to web technology there are still some companies that are back in the 1980's.  Okay, I know, there was no web in the 80's, but there might as well be no web today for those certain companies.  I had the misfortune of dealing with two of them this evening. It all began when I stopped to get