sdl_pilot

I guess I've been reading this group for too
long. I actually understood that.

-R

bcohen

3 D-cell metal case flashlight. Suitable for night flight pre-flights,
emergencies, and creating a pilot-side door on a cherokee.

(*sniggles*)

gatt

"John Harper" <jharper@cisco.com>


Somebody joked about putting a Ka-Bar combat knife behind seats in airplanes
here this week, but it's a good point. I always carry mine, even in my jeep
or van. The blade of a Ka-Bar is sharp enough to cut fabric and the back of
it is a metal pommel that is flat for pounding tent stakes, and it could
easily be used to break a window.

And unlike a hammer or a centerpunch, it's great for slicing summer sausage
and cheese. :>

A Leatherman would probably do too. I carry a small flashlight, some
aspirin, a yak-sack that I liberated from a United Airlines seatback, a
knife and glasses.

I usually wear contacts. At my first BFR, the CFI told me he'd sign me off
if I promised to carry glasses with me "in case." (pun) Made sense, so now
I almost always do.

-c

john smith

No reason to not add a LED headlamp.
Low cost, non glare lighting, long battery life, small size, light
weight.

kathy

British pilots are required to have a second pair of glasses, IIRC. I can't
get a second pair (long explanation deleted) so tightening the frame screws
and putting on a sports strap are now on my preflight.

Kathy

tonyroberts

A small pair of vice-grips. I was flying once when the knob on the
throttle disintegrated. Quite by coincidence (from tightening a lock) I
had some vice-grips in my flight bag and I gripped the throttle and they
worked just fine. There are lots of items in an aircraft that can break or
come loose and just need holding, and several controls that could break
and then you need an instant handle.
Also a flashlight or l.e.d. headlamp, and - a luxury but one that I am
about to purchase - a handheld radio. If I ever did go down, I would
really like to have a radio with me for if/when search & rescue flew
overhead!

--
Tony Roberts (indiacharlieecho@hotmail.com)
PP-ASEL
VFR-OTT - Night
Cessna 172H

mc

An ex-food 500ml glass jar with a sealable lid for
those longish cross-country trips.
(in non-coastal areas of Australia runways can be
few and far between, for that *urgent* pit-stop)

journeyman

I call it a PART: Passenger Attitude Readjustment Tool.


Morris

rgb

I also carry folding plier, allways useful to unscrew the oil cap of
thoses ranted planes flew by students who screw that cap thight like
hell ...

:-)

al gilson

in article tonyroberts-1508032208270001@h24-71-....shawcable.net,

Tony, my carb heat knob came off the first time I flew our 172 E. Can I
borrow your vise grips?