https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-191129"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdoes-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Does+anyone+recognize+the+object+Spock+is+holding%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdoes-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADoes anyone recognize the object Spock is holding?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="b6f92a24895672c96a0435b35d82f3a0" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/191/129/for_gallery_v2/be0c0975.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/191/129/large_v3/be0c0975.jpg" alt="Be0c0975" /></a></div></div> Sat, 18 Nov 2017 14:11:25 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-191129"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdoes-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Does+anyone+recognize+the+object+Spock+is+holding%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdoes-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADoes anyone recognize the object Spock is holding?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="968166a5ed0a9fde032e97bcfad4c6a1" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/191/129/for_gallery_v2/be0c0975.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/191/129/large_v3/be0c0975.jpg" alt="Be0c0975" /></a></div></div> Sat, 18 Nov 2017 14:11:25 -0500 2017-11-18T14:11:25-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding?n=3102144&urlhash=3102144 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1LT Sandy Annala Circular slide rule? Sgt Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 18 Nov 2017 14:27:28 -0500 2017-11-18T14:27:28-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding?n=3102173&urlhash=3102173 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Its an E6B flight computer and plotter that you can use to figure the gallons of fuel you need for a certain distance, you can compute how long your flight will be with winds aloft, density altitude, ground speed indicated air speed etc. They were called the whiz wheel and plotting slide rule SFC Jim Ruether Sat, 18 Nov 2017 14:45:49 -0500 2017-11-18T14:45:49-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding?n=3102225&urlhash=3102225 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Nitrox bottom time calculator ? lol SP5 Peter Keane Sat, 18 Nov 2017 15:22:43 -0500 2017-11-18T15:22:43-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding?n=3102743&urlhash=3102743 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yep.<br /><br />It&#39;s a slide rule. Slide rules come in many forms for a variety of uses. For example, nomographs are really nothing more than slide rules printed on paper, in which you use a straight edge to do things like temperature correct electrical resistance readings or calculate chemical additions.<br /><br />There are more types of slide rules than you can shake a pointed stick at.<br /><br />This one I recognize as a flight computer, only because I just recently discussed this very thing with a brother of mine just last month (he used to fly F-4 Phantoms for the Marines). It&#39;s an E6B, specifically. CPO Glenn Moss Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:20:49 -0500 2017-11-18T20:20:49-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding?n=3102839&urlhash=3102839 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wow, that’s cool! I guess even Spock wanted to know his fuel burn rate on the Enterprise! Lol, does the view screen qualify them for VFR? 2LT Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:15:20 -0500 2017-11-18T21:15:20-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding?n=3102906&urlhash=3102906 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Aviation Circular Slide Rule, E6B Flight Computer. Carried one in my leg pocket of my zoom bag for years. Sucker does everything! Time/distance. Wind drift, DA/PA, True Speed, CG, Holding times and Mach. CW5 Ranger Dave Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:45:31 -0500 2017-11-18T21:45:31-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-recognize-the-object-spock-is-holding?n=3103026&urlhash=3103026 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;d have thought that Spock would have gone digital by then. Capt Seid Waddell Sat, 18 Nov 2017 22:56:18 -0500 2017-11-18T22:56:18-05:00 2017-11-18T14:11:25-05:00