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Article: Headset GUIDE
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- Plane and Pilot
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright Werner Publishing Corporation Sep 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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TECHNOLOGY STILL RULES
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUND TECHNOLOGY
When I came back toa~1ation after a .ZO-year absence,. one of the biggcs:t changes was headsets. Back when I w'ts training it was considired a big dial ii you had even one of those bco.m microphones with tile little Velcro push~-to4alk switch that you would carry from airpianc. to 4trpiaoe Most pilots cull shouted ovir the engine noist and usid the airplanes chiapu spcakti to hiar ATC. Harin.g damage was just starting to gct headlines. hut few people thcughi about it within the contat of aviation. Fastforward to toda~ and as littic as $100 will buy you a htndsti thai wilt protect y~ur hearing pretty decently.
While. it's no secret ...