Originally Posted by clrankin

I'd take an English-Arabic dictionary on, along with a book with a picture of an airplane on the front.

While in flight, you might also feel like turning on your iPad or booting up your laptop - to do nothing other than play around with a flight simulator, no less.

XPlane is out and really good if you've got a Mac. There's an iPad version too. If I fly UA again I may buy the app just to play with it on the flight. Think of all the shock and awe one could cause by flying the plane into the ground and remarking "Darn, never could get that right!"