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From: marcum@sun.uucp (Alan Marcum)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Looking for Headset Recommendations
Message-ID: <2540@sun.uucp>
Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 13:13:41 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  1 13:13:41 1985
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Summary: and remember INTERCOM!

In article <749@infopro.UUCP> david@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler) writes:
>As I am growing tired of listening to my instructor shout at me over the
>engine noise....  Is the extra cost worth it? Has anyone out there tried
>both for long periods?

Ever since my primary instructor got an intercom and a pair of headsets,
I've been a dedicated headset (and intercom!) fanatic.  My instructor had
both a Telex D-950 and a David Clark (model designation unknown, but their
"normal" model with a dynamic [non-electret] mike); I flew with both, and
decided on the Telex.  I now have a D-950 for passenger, an E-951 (with
ear cushion mittens) for myself, and a Sigtronics intercom to hook them
together.  If things do get really noisy, I'll put in a set of EAR plugs
as well, but I rarely need that.  (I intend to get two more D-950s soon,
to provide four-place headset capability -- the intercom is a four-place.)

Regarding intercoms, by the way, they are a SUPERB addition to the
training environment -- they allow for much clearer instructor-student
communication, improving teaching, and decreasing tension.  I also highly
recommend them outside the training environment -- makes talking with
passengers much easier.  And, if you're in heavy instrument weather, with
ATC going Mach 6, just remove your headset from the intercom (plugging
it straight into the avionics), and let your passengers keep talking
among themselves.


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