What essentials do you always have on board?

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.


Depends on the flight. A 500 mile flight in IMC requires different
things compared to a 20 mile hamburger run under VFR.

On 3 Nov 2006 17:59:17 -0800, "Andrew Sarangan"
wrote:


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.


Depends on the flight. A 500 mile flight in IMC requires different
things compared to a 20 mile hamburger run under VFR.

Up here they'd be pretty much the same this time of year except you
might want more of what ever for the longer flight. You'd freeze to
death before getting out of the swamp five miles from home wearing
street clothes.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Andrew Sarangan writes:

Depends on the flight. A 500 mile flight in IMC requires different
things compared to a 20 mile hamburger run under VFR.

I was thinking of stuff that's always there--maybe a first-aid kit, or
some basic survival gear, extra water, oxygen, or whatever you
consider necessary to make you feel warm and fuzzy when flying.

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Mxsmanic wrote:

I was thinking of stuff that's always there--maybe a first-aid kit, or
some basic survival gear, extra water, oxygen, or whatever you
consider necessary to make you feel warm and fuzzy when flying.

This isn't your room where you keep your computer when simming.
Go to the manufacturers websites and lookup the cockpit dimensions.
find some large pieces of cardboard and cut to size. Tape the cardboard
together with duct tape.
Now you can see how big the volume is and determine for yourself what
you can and cannot carry.
You cannot include the toilet in your bathroom nor the refridgerator in
your kitchen.