flight bags

"Blanche Cohen" wrote in message
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Oddly enough -- I went out and bought "a flight bag" back in the
days when I was a neophyte...I now use it as luggage when I travel
on short trips. And I use my smaller Eagle Creek bag as my flight bag.
It holds

handheld radio
handheld gps
3 pairs of prescription glasses
$5.00 in quarters (little coin purse)
nail file (it's a gender thing...)
emergency whistle, bandaids, chapstick, etc

After we bought our airplane and brought it home, my wife was digging around
under the passenger seats and found the following items:

* Finger nail clipper
* two shirt buttons
* small package of band-aids
* one shoe lace
* one box of profitlactiks...profalactacs...um...a box of rubbers.

She remarked that someone must have expected to get lucky. I said that
evidently he didn't because the box was till intact.

In a previous article, "Matt Barrow" said:
After we bought our airplane and brought it home, my wife was digging around
under the passenger seats and found the following items:

* Finger nail clipper
* two shirt buttons
* small package of band-aids
* one shoe lace
* one box of profitlactiks...profalactacs...um...a box of rubbers.

She remarked that someone must have expected to get lucky. I said that
evidently he didn't because the box was till intact.

You didn't say "A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Dallas/Vegas
with all that stuff"?


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Heaven has all the lusers, a generous supply of larts -
and no PHBs anywhere in sight.
-- The BOFH Heaven, according to Suresh

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, "Matt Barrow" said:
After we bought our airplane and brought it home, my wife was digging
around
under the passenger seats and found the following items:

* Finger nail clipper
* two shirt buttons
* small package of band-aids
* one shoe lace
* one box of profitlactiks...profalactacs...um...a box of rubbers.

She remarked that someone must have expected to get lucky. I said that
evidently he didn't because the box was still intact.

You didn't say "A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Dallas/Vegas
with all that stuff"?


If there were also nylons, 200 dollars in gold, Hershey bars, etc., yeah, I
probably should have.

--
Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

On Thu, 04 May 2006 21:20:46 -0700, Bob Fry
wrote:

I'll second the advice to "carry less stuff."

I got a backpack bag a long time ago from REI which is almost ideal.
It's got several compartments of different sizes.

I'd go 100% with carry less.

I bought a cheap lightweight bag with lots of pockets and it worked
really well but I got fed up with carrying all the weight, especially
on one arm/shoulder. I now have a smaller bag and removed everything I
could do without. In addition I have a separate headset bag which also
has my timer, spare glasses and fuel dip stick.

I'd never go for leather it just adds extra weight for carrying and
extra load in the aircraft.

David

I"m still using my Jepp student bag 10 years later. I'm not sure why
some pilots carry a weeks worth of clothes in their flight bags.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:
I"m still using my Jepp student bag 10 years later. I'm not sure why
some pilots carry a weeks worth of clothes in their flight bags.

My 3 days worth of clothes is in a gym bag in the baggage area. I've
been RON a number of times due to weather or maint. problems. Even if
I didn't own the cherokee (well, I don't really own it -- the bank
does, I just get to pay for everything), I'd still have a second
bag for RON.

In article ,
"soxinbox" wrote:

I have reached the point were I want to upgrade from my initial student
flight bag. It is one of the Jeppeson ones you get free with the private
pilot material purchase. It basically has a few outside pockets and a big
interior chamber with no dividers.

Anyone have any good or bad recommendations?

I have three Eddie Bauer duffle bags that I purchased at the Eddie Bauer
Outlet Store. Small, Medium and Large.
Small is the Nav Bag, all my IFR gear.
Medium is the Flight Bag, 4x headsets, GPS, kneeboard, flashlight, pee
bottle, piddle packs, slap on green sun shields, etc.
Large is the Travel Bag, tie-down kit, clothes, what ever else I need
for the trip.
I like the duffles because, as a renter, when I arrive at my destination
I can quickly place everything in its proper bag, zip it up and sort it
all out later when I have more time.

("Gig 601XL Builder" wrote)
My co-owner uses a really gay suitcase he bought at TJ-Maxx. G

Not that there's anything wrong with that.


We keep our suitcase in the closet.

"Is that wrong?"


Montblack

soxinbox wrote:
: Anyone have any good or bad recommendations?

I've been using old laptop-carying bags for my flight bag. They usually sorta
double as "briefcases," so they have lots of small compartments to separate things
like different charts, plates, handhelds, etc. Probably a pound or two heavier than
they need to be, but often available as cheap/free from surplus obsolete laptops.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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I went to Wal-Mart found a do all softside laptop computer/attaché case
with lots of pockets. Has worked well. Carries VFR and IFR
charts/plates, A/FD, someother misc. things and all less the $25.00.
Ross
KSWI

Bob Fry wrote:

I'll second the advice to "carry less stuff."

I got a backpack bag a long time ago from REI which is almost ideal.
It's got several compartments of different sizes.