IBM

Legends has it that Thomas Watson, the founder of IBM, told his managers he would pay for any seminar or workshop his people wanted to take, even basket weaving! Watson's goal was to place the emphasis on creating a learning habit.

IBM was far behind schedule and had major cost overruns. In 1994 the FAA simplified its needs and picked new contractors. The revised modernization program continued under various project names.

Earlier Version Pilots Only. (IBM PC and compatibles, PC, Commodore 64, Apple II series, Atari 800/XL/XE) You don't even need to take off--simply pause, go into the Editor, and set the following parameters (leave North and East where they are): ...

That's a welcome change from the days when flight manuals often seemed written by a dozen monkeys on IBM Selectrics. In researching this article, there were hardly any questions left unanswered by the Ovation 3's POH and supplement.

See also: Force, Flight, Range, Aeronautics, Research