I literally WEAR my nav-comm gear.

Old fishing vest is my foundation garment Nicads for power. Only external
lead is for a whip antenna (if needed).

Lots of airplanes needing to be ferried have had their avionics removed, if any
were even installed. But if installed, the antennas are usually still there,
may still be usable.

A lot of ferry or recovery flights are a two-plane evolution -- two of you go
there, bring the bird home in loose formation. But if you have to fly
commerical either coming or going your flight vest can cause problems if it
includes survival gear, in which case I've found FedEx or UPS to be a better
solution than checked baggage.

(For those of you who haven't done this sort of thing, see the Canadian regs
for required survival gear.)

-R.S.Hoover