Celeb Pilots

We've spent hundreds of messages discussing what people carry, or
don't carry, for emergencies and otherwise.

Is there anything we're disucssing that hasn't been discussed before?

Jose
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what they are." - (mike).
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("Jose" wrote)
Is there anything we're disucssing that hasn't been discussed before?


Yes ...discussing 'things that haven't been discussed before.' :-)


Montblack
Have you heard Joke #8, yet?
Is it original?
No. :-(

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:47:24 -0000, Jim Logajan
wrote:

This is the outfit she should really be wearing while flying:

Oh hell, I could dress her better than that.

Don

Blanche wrote:
Please stop right there.
Go search the archives (google groups if need be).

There's also a lot of archives of people saying "stop right there" :-)
It's never worked before. But at least you were polite in your
effort

We've spent hundreds of messages discussing what people carry, or
don't carry, for emergencies and otherwise.

What? It should not be discussed again, ever? There's always new
people and technology and ideas. A good pilot is always learning...

Regards, Kev

In article ,
Mxsmanic wrote:

john smith writes:

I have an 1800 cu in daypack for a GO-bag.
Contents include: 2x one-liter Nalgenes; Esbit fuel tab stove; Snow Peak
700 ml Ti cup and spork; individual first aid kit; 5x Luna bars; 5x
cup-a-soup; 10x chrystal light 1-l mix; Katadan Purification Tablets ;
space blanket; OR Basic Bivvy; Leatherman WAVE; hand crank cellphone
charger; Magellan Explorist 300 GPS w/spare batteries; Glacier glasses;
60 ft 5 mm rope; 50 ft Spectracord; 8x12 sill tarp; Thermarest
inflatable sit pad; toilet paper in a 1 pt ziplock freezer bag

Clothing would be what I am wearing, appropriate for conditions. Below
50 F I usually wear long underwear. I always carry a pocketknife,
flashlight, lighter and whistle in my pocket.

I have a separate first aid kit that I carry on long trips. It consists
of 1500 cu in lumbar pack with enough materials to deal with most
emergencies. (No sutures, but I do have a surgical stapler!)

Sounds like safety and preparedness are high priorities for you. How
much weight does all this add to your aircraft, and where do you stow
it?

Two liters of water is the heaviest item (2lb/l), daypack weighs 15 lbs.
First aid kit also carries 2-l water, weights 10-12 lbs.
GO-bag is within arms reach in the cabin and should be pulled on prior
to any arrival (if it is not on you, it not is going out the door with
you). First Aid kit can go in the baggage compartment or back seat.
The Go-bag is constantly evolving.

The image of the hiked up skirt reminds me of the reports that women
liked the 70's era Chrysler products because they had an air conditioner
vent beneath the steering wheel.

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:20:05 -0600, Montblack wrote:

Yes ...discussing 'things that haven't been discussed before.' :-)

That's been discussed. But we've never discussed discussing things we've
never discussed discussing before.

- Andrew

("john smith" wrote)
The image of the hiked up skirt reminds me of the reports that women liked
the 70's era Chrysler products because they had an air conditioner vent
beneath the steering wheel.


I owned a number of (used) Dodge Darts '72, '74, '76, '77.

Darts had two air-vent doors (each bigger than a CD jewel case) mounted
under the dash on the firewall, by the wheel wells. I think around that same
time GM was using those crappy sliding knobs that were built into plastic
vent covers, mounted just in front of the bottom door hinge.

Every year, in a rite of spring, I'd open one of those two Dart vent doors
(for the first time since fall) and get myself a healthy shot of dried out
leaf fragments.... It became sort of a yearly ritual. g

The fresh breeze would quite literally blow right 'up your skirt' in those
old Darts. Very refreshing! There was a plastic S-duct, to the outside,
connected (direct) to the Dart's two fresh air boxes. No routing it through
the dash vent system. Again, ...so refreshing, IYKWIM.


Mont

john smith writes:

Two liters of water is the heaviest item (2lb/l), daypack weighs 15 lbs.
First aid kit also carries 2-l water, weights 10-12 lbs.
GO-bag is within arms reach in the cabin and should be pulled on prior
to any arrival (if it is not on you, it not is going out the door with
you). First Aid kit can go in the baggage compartment or back seat.
The Go-bag is constantly evolving.

Have you had any occasions where any of the equipment has allowed you
to avoid a possible disaster (outside of actual accidents)? Which
parts of your equipment have come in handy most often?

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Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

Too much information!!!
The image of Montblack in a skirt driving down the road in a Dodge Dart
with a big smile on his face...

(I had a 68 Dodge Dart, 170 cu in slant six. The airvents were 4"x4x4""
metal boxes with a door. You are correct, they moved lots of air... but
I never wore a skirt!)


Montblack wrote:

("john smith" wrote)


The image of the hiked up skirt reminds me of the reports that women liked
the 70's era Chrysler products because they had an air conditioner vent
beneath the steering wheel.



The fresh breeze would quite literally blow right 'up your skirt' in those
old Darts. Very refreshing! There was a plastic S-duct, to the outside,
connected (direct) to the Dart's two fresh air boxes. No routing it through
the dash vent system. Again, ...so refreshing, IYKWIM.