Author: BobsV35B
Subject: COM2 to speaker
Posted: 08 Jul 2016 at 10:09am
Interesting comments considering speakers verses Head Sets. How many of us use headsets in our automobiles?
Subject: COM2 to speaker
Posted: 08 Jul 2016 at 10:09am
Interesting comments considering speakers verses Head Sets. How many of us use headsets in our automobiles?
When I started as an airline pilot in 1951, we used headsets while flying the DC-3 and DC-4. After the fleet became DC-6, DC-7, and Convair 340s, we graduated to speakers. Worked great for me in allt he rest of the airliners I flew. Even the 747.
However, the young hot shots who trained in the military all seemed to prefer headsets, so that became the norm.
One of the real selling features of the Bonanza was the quiet cabin which allowed the use of a speaker.
Seems that, in the sixties, those same military pilots were getting able to afford Bonanzas and all wanted headsets..
Such is life!
Happy Skies,
Old Bob