When it comes to receiving gifts, I have adopted a “can I buy it?” approach. Basically, rather than use Christmas (or birthday) gifts to get something I cannot afford (or would rather not spend the money on), I look for things that I could myself buy and then ask for those.
I have long since moved on to asking Santa for practical things. If I am not going to use it, I do not see a point in having it. This year, given my, somewhat, recent interest in aviation I asked for aviation related supplies and Santa (aka my family) did not disappoint.
First there was the ASA Rotating plotter
which will come in handy when ummm… plotting my tracks on the map. I currently have a Douglas protractor and a ruler, however these are a bit awkward to use. Don’t get me wrong, I won’t be throwing these out. I will however be putting the rotating plotter to good use when I return to “flight duty.”
Next up was an ASA Yoke Clip
which I will use to hold my charts and other papers in front of me as I am buzzing around up there.
Then came the ASA Double headset bag
The final aviation-related gift, and my reading material for the next while, was the book Buying and Owning Your Own Airplane by James E. Ellis
All in all, Santa was good to a budding pilot.
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