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    New Window Chart Holder

    Made this up in about an hour using an aluminum novelty license plate cut down to size, some aluminum angle and a piece of spring steel from a holster I don't use anymore.

    It's a little on the thin side, but it does the job. Wish I could find a real one.

    Tried it out on EDDF-LOWW run this afternoon. Works geat.



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    Mike,
    That looks really good but at the end of thay instead of all that unecessar building and taking stuff apart etc etc why didnt you just use this http://www.actechbooks.com/products/act117/ way more functional too.

    Also you mentioned a spring from a holster you dont use anymore? What sort of holster uses a spring? A clam shell style> just wondering.

    'Tim

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    It was an Uncle Mike's IWB nylon rig for a Springfield I don't have anymore.

    The spring steel in those belt clips is really strong for something like this.

    Thanks for the link, I'm going to check it now. I hope I don't find that I could have bought this Boeing chart holder off-the-shelf at this place.
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    Thanks, but I looked at all of those boards last week. Nice to have the info on them, but I'd still have to cut it to 4"x10" for the correct size.

    I might have been able to use the clip, but if it was riveted to the board I probably would have destroyed it trying to remove it.
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    Wow, thats awesome Mike!!!

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    Thanks Joe.

    Just another little detail to add. Seems like the more I study the photos the more I find. Hard to miss a chart holder though.
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    Man, you never cease to amaze me with your scratch building skills. That looks great.
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