Mxsmanic wrote:
What things do you consider it essential to always have on board for
every flight? Not just things required by law, but things that you
personally believe in having on the aircraft before you leave the
ground.

One forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’
concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics,
morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one
miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in
rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue
of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings.