X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 13:21:10 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from QMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.32] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.14) with ESMTP id 3632635 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 05 May 2009 11:36:14 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.62.32; envelope-from=j.hafen@comcast.net Received: from OMTA01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.11]) by QMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id np0Q1b0040EZKEL53rbQLe; Tue, 05 May 2009 15:35:24 +0000 Received: from [10.128.90.198] ([75.151.125.133]) by OMTA01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id nrbJ1b00b2soXEK3MrbLc8; Tue, 05 May 2009 15:35:21 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.17.0.090302 X-Original-Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 08:35:34 -0700 Subject: Re: [LML] Reader Plates From: John Hafen X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [LML] Reader Plates Thread-Index: AcnNlyFYnXYgdoLTXUWTK8sFjjL1Pw== In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3324357337_199491" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3324357337_199491 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable D. Many thanks for this. Just what I=B9ve been looking for! On 5/5/09 6:04 AM, "Douglas Brunner" wrote: > I have been searching for a while for a good solution for approach plates= . I > think I have found it. > =20 > My wife and I travel cross country quite a bit. We used to purchase all = the > paper plates for all the states we were going to fly over. This gave us a= big > stack of paper at a not insignificant cost. It was not convenient to sto= re > the plates in the back of a Legacy and to reach around to find the proper= book > at the proper time. And sometimes there was a mad dash to rush order the > proper plates just days before our trip. > =20 > I tried Pocket Plates on an iPaq and although the software was good, I di= dn't > like the screen size. I was contemplating getting a tablet PC, but with = a > solid state drive and a daylight readable screen these are not cheap. Th= ey > are also fairly bulky. > =20 > I came across ReaderPlates (http://www.readerplates.com/) which seemed li= ke a > good idea and got a demo from the owner, John Lemberger at Sun n Fun. I = ended > up purchasing the Sony Reader (PRS-505) for $270 and the software for $9.= 99 > per month. > =20 > John gave me considerable help setting up my system (needed because of a > strangely formatted 8 GB SD card I had put in it) and it is now running w= ell. > The reader is small, light and daylight viewable. I am going to try to p= ut my > checklists on it and as a bonus, I can always use it as a book reader. >=20 > D. Brunner >=20 --B_3324357337_199491 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: [LML] Reader Plates D.

Many thanks for this.  Just what I’ve been looking for!


On 5/5/09 6:04 AM, "Douglas Brunner" <douglasbrunner@earthlink.net> wrote:

I= have been searching for a while for a good solution for approach plates. &n= bsp;I think I have found it.
My wife and I travel cross country quite a bit. &= nbsp;We used to purchase all the paper plates for all the states we were goi= ng to fly over. This gave us a big stack of paper at a not insignificant cos= t.  It was not convenient to store the plates in the back of a Legacy a= nd to reach around to find the proper book at the proper time.  And som= etimes there was a mad dash to rush order the proper plates just days before= our trip.
I tried Pocket Plates on an iPaq and although the= software was good, I didn't like the screen size.  I was contemplating= getting a tablet PC, but with a solid state drive and a daylight readable s= creen these are not cheap.  They are also fairly bulky.
I came across ReaderPlates (http://www.readerplates.com/) which seemed like a good= idea and got a demo from the owner, John Lemberger at Sun n Fun.  I en= ded up purchasing the Sony Reader (PRS-505) for $270 and the software for $9= .99 per month.
John gave me considerable help setting up my syst= em (needed because of a strangely formatted 8 GB SD card I had put in it) an= d it is now running well.  The reader is small, light and daylight view= able.  I am going to try to put my checklists on it and as a bonus, I c= an always use it as a book reader.

D. Brunner

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