Survival Kits

ContestID67 wrote:

Thanks for all your thoughts. Some are new thoughts that hadn't
occurred to me and others items I already had but hadn't mentioned. I
have incorporated them on http://www.geocities.com/jhderosa/aviation/survival/.


Good list, John.

We forgot to mention that the chute fabric can provide some warmth,
shade, etc., and makes a pretty good signal to search aircraft when
spread out.

Just Googling various terms associated with this discussion can be
interesting, e.g., Wikipedia has an entry under "survival kit" that
may be helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_kit


Who knew about shoe polish?

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Also, do not miss:

"Equipped to Survive" online -- a great commercial resource for
information and equipment, where you will find such things as:

Multiservice Procedures For Survival, Evasion, And Recovery
1999, Air Land Sea Application Center, 104 pages,
7 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches, 5.7 oz., waterproof

http://www.equipped.org/multiservice...anual_1999.pdf

"The latest version of the survival manual included in the
survival kits of the U.S. military. A distillation of the
information contained in the survival "bible," the USAF's
enormous tome on Survival Training, AFR 64-4, and updated
from the previous version.... Now a multi-service publication
used by all branches of the U.S. military.... There's little
to find fault with. Waterproof paper and top wire bound with
tan cover and pages with black ink (much easier to read than
the previous version). It's also much thinner and nearly half
the weight of the previous version. About as dry reading as
any other military manual, but all the information is there
in concise and easy to understand text with generally good
illustrations...."


An updated and revised U.S. Military Survival Manual renumbered
under the latest U.S. Military Field Manual numbering system to
FM 3-05.70, is available in html format he

http://www.equipped.org/fm3-0570.htm

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So, between ContestID67, the U.S. Air Force, and Equipped to Survive
http://www.equipped.org/ we have plenty to work with.

And remember, more than your equipment -- even more than your
training -- it's what's in your head and your heart that makes the
difference between survivor and victim. Stay alert, stay positive,
and live to fly another day.


Jack