What's in your flight bag?

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I'm still new here. I searched the forums for this topic and didn't find much. Please forgive me if this has been asked before. What does everyone have in their flight bag. Anything that comes in handy that isn't common? Thanks.
 
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Flashlight with hardened steel point glass breaker point. Generally intended for auto safetly glass but assume it will work on plexi in an accident.
 
Clamp style paper clip for holding things places

Sticky tape for a similar reason

Space blanket or two--just in case you crash, you can stay warm, collect water in it, keep things dry, probably even start a fire. You can also use it with the sticky tape to put up on the windscreen as a sun reflector for when it's hot and you're leaving the plane out--oh, and if you've got a cold pax it can be useful. They're the size of a deck of cards and cost $3-4
 
The obvious one, a toothbrush and toothpaste.

While in flight school we broke down about 3 hours from home and my instructor told me I should've known to bring a toothbrush and change of clothes. Now I know. Any kind of survival gear is always a plus. And of course, all of your normal flight gear including a red and white adjustable flash light. Space blanket is a good one I'll be adding that.

A lot depends on how far you're going and where.
 
A headset, empty Gatorade bottle, and the Ipad. Thats about it.
 
Charts
Headsets (2)
Flashlight/headlamp
Leatherman
iPad
Waterbottle
Kneeboard
Pens/pencils
Spare batteries

Things that should come out of my flight bag:
FuelHawk for a C172 (don't fly them anymore)
Fuel quality tester (have one in the plane, but I guess a spare isn't a bad thing)
Sectional/WAC/TAC ruler. Haven't used it since I got my PPL.

The space blanket is a great idea, I should add that in.
 
We share a DA40 with a survival kit among 4 pilots:

Headset
Kneeboard
Portable aviation radio
Flashlights (2)
Sunglass clip ons
Spare progressive glasses
Charts, CFS, Plates
iPad Mini & Bad Elf
Spare batteries
SPOT
License
Pulse oximeter
 
As little as possible. Which quite often is still too much esp. when flying into/ from Canada where my iPad is less useful as an EFB.

Water
Headset with extra battery
Sunglasses
Spare fuel tester with Phillips screwdriver bit
Headlamp
SPOT (PLB in my pocket)
Canadian charts and flight guide
iPad and mount

On the other hand the other bags I bring tend to have much more stuff to stay alive and comfortable than the vast majority of pilots.
 
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tmyers said:
Is that possibly too much information?
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Not if OP never thought to bring one :D

Not much in my bag. I hoard pens and flashlights and that's mostly what's in there, I use it more for a luggage than anything else.
 
The only thing I carry back and forth is a knee board with my printed nav log, an updated sd card for the GPS and the ipad
 
Headset
two or three flashlights
spare batteries for flashlights/headset ANR
iPad
Garmin Aera 560
handheld radio
portable timer
Gerber multi tool
chem lights
GATS jar
sunglasses
kneeboard with pad of paper
mechanical pencils
checklists
couple of rags
tire pressure gauge
inspection mirror
telescoping magnet
 
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In no particular order except I put the iPad first because I would be lost and probably crash without it.


iPad mini
iPad mini yoke mount
kneeboard w paper / pens
Appareo Stratus weather thingy
A headband flashlight and a small backup flashlight
Handheld VHF radio
Headset
Copies of checklists
Puke Bag
Dramamine for passengers that need it
Nasal Decongestant
tire pressure gauge
multi tool/screwdriver
 
Local paper sectional, enroute chart and a few plates
Kneeboard
A couple small flashlights
Sunglasses
Spare battery for the Bose
Airplane keys
Handheld VHF
Dramamine (not for me)
Spare pen
Jepp binder, if I'm doing a long trip

Might carry the Ipad in the flight bag but it doesn't stay there.
 
- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days' concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings
 
DavidWhite said:
- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days' concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings
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David is an over achiever I think!
 
Bingtx said:
I'm still new here. I searched the forums for this topic and didn't find much. Please forgive me if this has been asked before. What does everyone have in their flight bag. Anything that comes in handy that isn't common? Thanks.
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http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54754

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7995

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53865

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26259

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22513
 
Kneeboard with some paper and two pens. When I was a student i used to carry a flight bag that used to weigh a ton. Now several hundred hours later I am a minimalist.
 
DavidWhite said:
- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days' concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings
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That is my survival kit, not my flight bag:rofl:
 
bartmc said:
Not if OP never thought to bring one :D

Not much in my bag. I hoard pens and flashlights and that's mostly what's in there, I use it more for a luggage than anything else.
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After being a turret gunner in Iraq, I quickly learned that a empty bottle is a gift from above. We weren't stopping for anything, esp. the poor SOB that has to pee like hell.
Great advice guys. Come it coming.
 
DavidWhite said:
- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days' concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings
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a full tank of gas
half a pack of cigarettes
sunglasses.

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IPhone
IPad
IPad mini
IMac
Ipod touch
MacBook Air
Garmin 296
Garmin 396
Garmin 496
King Avi8or
Samsung galaxy
Dell laptop
Toshiba laptop
 
us AAirways said:
IPhone
IPad
IPad mini
IMac
Ipod touch
MacBook Air
Garmin 296
Garmin 396
Garmin 496
King Avi8or
Samsung galaxy
Dell laptop
Toshiba laptop
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Don't forget the inertial nav!
 
DavidWhite said:
- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days' concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings
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Have you ever been bored and tried to freak out the cashier at WalMart?
 
Keep a few for stinky passengers

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bartmc said:
Have you ever been bored and tried to freak out the cashier at WalMart?
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1000 rounds of 12 gauge does the job, my fiancé once pushed a goth friend (white make up, looked dead) around Home Depot in a shopping cart asking for shovles.
 
I just keep a kneeboard, flight computer, logbook, pad of paper, headset and some pens. Looking to put together an emergency kit though, some great ideas in here.
 
I always bring my Icom Transceiver. Feels good to have it as a backup.
 
http://www.lapolicegear.com/tabaoutbag.html
headset
leatherman skeletool
ipad mini
kneeboard
sectional
logbook
powerbar
water bottle
sunglasses
spare anr battery
headlamp
pen, pencil
nitrile gloves, leather gloves, paper towels, gallon ziploc bags
nomex jockstrap
 
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