That is an awesome bag... I'm glad I don't have one, I'd put my back out...
lol, well I have a lot of crap in the POS that came with the Jeppesen kit, so it will be nice to have the pockets.
For those that don't know about this bag, here is a video on it (no, I don't work form them )
Looks nice. But how much stuff do you really need to haul around?
Right now, I need my headset, iPad, Ram Mount for the iPad, Stratus ADS-B, and all the common stuff anyone else would have (phone, keys, wallet, charts, medical, yada yada yada).
If I owned a plane, a lot of that would stay in the plane, and I would not need so much bag.
Just so you know, up until the mid-1980s most people actually heard radio calls from the speaker in the top of the cabin. There used to be a microphone mounted somewhere toward the middle of the cabin, down low near the trim wheel, too. Yeah, it's pretty horrific having to think about picking up a microphone from the clip so you can announce your pattern calls, but you know, we all did it and lived...
Was it a hearing-health-friendly environment? No! But you don't need a $1,100 Bose headset, an I-Pad or any of that other effluvia to effectively pilot a light GA aircraft.
Right now, I need my headset, iPad, Ram Mount for the iPad, Stratus ADS-B, and all the common stuff anyone else would have (phone, keys, wallet, charts, medical, yada yada yada).
If I owned a plane, a lot of that would stay in the plane, and I would not need so much bag.
Thanks for the history lesson.
People also died a lot more back then.
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/stats/safety.html
Do I NEED something that will give me in flight weather, and help me better predict fuel usage? No. But being I love tech, fly for fun, and adding the tech to flying actually helps make things safer, why the hell not?
Just so you know, up until the mid-1980s most people actually heard radio calls from the speaker in the top of the cabin. There used to be a microphone mounted somewhere toward the middle of the cabin, down low near the trim wheel, too. Yeah, it's pretty horrific having to think about picking up a microphone from the clip so you can announce your pattern calls, but you know, we all did it and lived...
Was it a hearing-health-friendly environment? No! But you don't need a $1,100 Bose headset, an I-Pad or any of that other effluvia to effectively pilot a light GA aircraft.
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Piper and Cessna built about a gazillion aircraft that had no electrical systems, and therefore had no radios or lights or Ipads or personal massagers. Some airplanes even required someone to spin the prop manually to start the engine!
My great Uncle flew in WWII, he got to take home his P-51 for a pittance, he also gave me my first ride and stick time in a 206 on floats when I was 4. When I told him I had started flying his first words to me were "Good, get the best head set you can and always wear them." He's got hearing aids in both ears and you still have to shout at him to have a conversation. The only thing I've flown where I was comfortable taking off my headset was a 421. I agree you don't need $1100 Bose, any good ANR set will do as will any in ear such as Clarity Aloft (which I really like but my mic boom broke, super comfy though), Halo or Lightspeed Mach 1s. I have the LS Zulus I use and a set of Sierras for the right seat as well as 3 cheaper pairs for the back. I don't recommend passive sets because the clamping pressures required to make them work well are painful after a while, at least to me.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I think headsets are a great thing. I guess I let Mrs. Mafoo chap my backside when I didn't automatically endorse her mega pilot bag as the mostest usefulnest pilot thing ever and she got all smacky.
My bad.
Because it's useful to know the airplane needs the pilot less than the pilot needs the bag full of goodies, that's why.
Before you spend a bunch of money on bag-filling stuff, how about buying a copy of "Stick and Rudder" by Wolfgang Langewiesche?
You're probably too young to know who he was, but the $20 you spend on his book would pay off much more than your horsey attitude about how you need a fancy-bag and your IPod to leave Mother Earth.
Just saying...
The attitude is pretty goofy. I know a lot of deaf pilots who can't hear **** who flew without a simple headset. And yes, I've flown with only a speaker and a mic. It's fine. Just noisy.
What a tired argument. Because I don't do it like they did in the old days, I must be someone who could care less about understanding how to fly a plane. You came in here with the atitude. I was just excited about buying some luggage.
Reversion to the mean isn't really something to brag about, either. If you can't fly a contemporary aircraft without a big suitcase, an Ipad, a fancy headset, and so on, you're missing the point. One more time: The aircraft you're flying doesn't care what you take on board. Any fleshbag can start the engine, set a little nose-up trim and advance the throttle. Once you do that, the airplane doesn't really need you to fly.I drive a car with airbags, antilock breaks, power assisted seat belts, and bluetooth. I must not care to learn how to drive ether.
I've never really been into personal validation by luggage, but do what you need to do.I reward myself by purchasing a bag, and one of the last people I hear from before I head off to bed on this day that I should remember forever, is someone telling me I am a just a kid who cares more about what he owns as opposed to what he knows.
Jeez Burt. Just say, "Nice bag. Go fly."
Cranky much?
How about walking into the FSS grabbing a cup of their coffee and sitting down with the briefer live?
How about walking into the FSS grabbing a cup of their coffee and sitting down with the briefer live? There are few of the 'old ways' that were actually better, that was one of them and I miss it because you got to talk to a meteorologist familiar with the region. Speakers overhead sucked balls and not in a friendly cuddly 'oo thats nice' way. I do still have a carbon mic in the pouch on the side. I fly pilotage with nothing but a chart just fine, but damned GPS sure can save a bunch of gas if it never saves your life. The reality is except for some arcane simple electronics, a student has more to learn now than ever. Just learning the 430 radio and how to use it takes twice as long as learning pilotage and ded reckoning combined, and you still have to learn VOR tricks. There are more failure modes to deal with and like any piece of technology that is designed to save you, the add three ways to kill you. You think there is no reason that 50 years ago the mean time to solo was 5hrs and now it's 15? Nothing has gotten simpler, it has all become more complex.