"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:xEcRb.155813$xy6.746734@attbi_s02...
We've got the PS Engineering CD/Intercom in our plane, and listen to CDs on
long trips.

I am obviously slipping into "dinosaur" status, as I have never downloaded
music, for "burning" onto a blank CD. I *have* burned CDs, but I've always
done it from tracks played off of another CD.

Does anyone here download (and then burn) CDs for listening while in flight?

Well, sort of. We burn CDs of MP3 files, which we play in an
MP3/CD player. The advantage is you can get a lot more music
onto a single disk.

I also have a 256 MB MP3 player which is about half the size
of a pack of cigarettes and will hold 8-9 hrs of music, downloaded
thru the USB port of any PC.

Any recommended sites? Tips? Are these things still free, or did all the
freebies get sued out of existence? Thanks!

Pretty much the freebies got sued enough that people are
hesitant to put stuff out there. There are a number of sites
where one can download MP3s for a fee. This is especially
good for small recording studios and relatively unknown artists,
and we've gotten some cool stuff we really like that way.

We also record cassette tapes and even (speaking of dinosaur status)
LP records into MP3 files on our computer then burn disks. Your
kids are a bit old for it to matter, but this is especially useful
for people with young kids to entertain.