Bible-beater pilots

On 2003-11-23 14:18:04 -0800, "Bill Denton" said:

In every picture I have ever seen of a King Air's cockpit, there appears to
be a digital clock/timer in the center of the left yoke, and an analog clock
in the center of the right yoke.

Is there a reason the two different devices are used, or was it a case of
just upgrading one side.

Can't speak for the King Air, but every Lear 35 I fly has an analog clock on
the left side of the panel, and a Davtron digital clock/timer on the right side
of the panel. (Actually, we might have one that has that el-cheapo digital
clock/timer on the left side. but that's the exception.)

I suppose the advantage to having the analog clock is that it's spring powered,
so as long as somebody winds it, it still runs even if all of the electricity goes
away.

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Larry Fransson
Seattle, WA