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Cessna 172 with Heads Up Flight Desk attached to yoke.
The Heads Up Flight Desk is perfect for holding approach plates and airport diagrams.
Clip attaches to the yoke tube and Velcro wrap secures it in place.
Click to view safety briefings.
*If your Heads Up Flight Desk breaks in normal usage during the life of the product, we will repair it or replace it free of charge. Simply ship the product to us with a short note about how the product was broken.
Product Detail
Product Summary
· Aircraft quality aluminum clipboard for durability
· A variety of mounting options for using with nearly any aircraft
· Perfect size for approach plates and airport diagrams
· Easy fit in flight bags due to low profile hardware (detachable models)
· Guaranteed against breakage for the life of the product*
· LED light illuminates entire surface for ease of reading at night
· Point light toward panel for emergency backup illumination
· Flex neck on light easily stores out of the way for day use.
· LED lasts 100,000 hours / included batteries last 50 hours
· Uses 4 button cell batteries (AG5)
The Heads Up Flight Desk was developed by a certified flight instructor and honors student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. While studying human factors in aviation safety, he noted that on virtually every airline flight deck you would find a yoke mounted chart desk (see examples at left). The reason for the board being mounted there is to keep important information in the normal field of view for the pilot. Having to look down and away from this normal field of view is recognized as being a hazard to flight, because it takes the pilot’s eyes away from scanning either the instruments or outside the aircraft for conflicting traffic.
This innovative product for general aviation is a great safety enhancer. You will find it convenient for keeping important documents in view, such as instrument approach plates, airport diagrams and flight logs. As an additional safety enhancer, we imprinted important safety briefing items on the surface of the desk. Included are a passenger briefing, crew briefing, engine failure during takeoff briefing, engine failure in flight memory items, and a pre-landing checklist.
General aviation pilots haven’t had an affordable yet durable means of keeping important documents in their normal field of view, until now. The Heads Up Flight Desk is a top quality safety enhancing device that puts you in the same league as professional airline crews. Considering that the average general aviation pilot is the entire flight crew on his/her airplane, we need all the help we can get. Get one of these today!
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The HEADS UP FLIGHT DESK has safety briefings imprinted on the surface. Click on the image above and along the left side of the page for detailed views.
HEADS UP FLIGHT DESK - Standard
A lighted yoke board that keeps all of your important documents up front in your normal field of vision. A major safety improvement over kneeboards. The standard version is for those who will be using this yoke board in one model of airplane (see how to determine model code below).
Price: $39.95
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Aviation safety, safety, safe flying, CRM, cockpit resource management, situational awareness, SA, safe flight, flying safety.
Aviation safety, safety, safe flying, CRM, cockpit resource management, situational awareness, SA, safe flight, flying safety.
Aviation safety, safety, safe flying, CRM, cockpit resource management, situational awareness, SA, safe flight, flying safety.
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As featured in AOPA PILOT November 2006
“Pilot Products”
INTERNATIONAL ORDERS:
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Custom Model on a Grumman Tiger.
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“After 30 years of airline flying, I’m pretty spoiled when it comes to having a place to write and clip charts. Knee boards just don’t cut it.”
Kim Welch
Retired Airline Pilot
“...it looks really good. Thanks for the prompt service.”
Bob Dillon
Grumman Tiger owner and member of the Grumman Gang owner’s club.
CUSTOMER COMMENTS:
Why use a white LED?
“Red light distorts colors, especially on aeronautical charts, and makes it very difficult for the eyes to focus on objects inside the aircraft. Pilots should use it only where optimum outside night vision capability is necessary. White cockpit lighting should be available when needed for map and instrument reading, especially under IMC conditions.”
Direct quote from: FAA-H-8083-15 Instrument Flying Handbook
The Heads Up Flight Desk is also offered by the following quality merchandisers:
The Master Pilot version has several mounting options available to fit virtually any aircraft.
HEADS UP FLIGHT DESK - Master Pilot
This version of the Heads Up Flight Desk provides even more mounting options that allow fitting yoke tubes as small as 1/2 inch in diameter, all the way up to 2 inches in diameter. There is even an adapter available for aircraft with no yoke. Three extension choices allow for a custom fit and viewing angle. An adjustable mount allows for use in many different airplanes...perfect for the CFI! Click here for more information.
Price: $74.95
HEADS UP FLIGHT DESK - Master Pilot. The RAM mounting system is the highest quality method of attaching anything to an aircraft yoke. The Master Pilot version is our top of the line model.