REFLECTOR: re. Long trip - what to bring?

[Dave T Nelson]

Things I always take:

- Water
- A large size EMPTY jar... an empty Gatorade bottle has worked well many
times
- Granola bars
- A backup handheld radio with a headset adapter
- A spare headset (although I've never needed to use it)
- Spare inner tubes (nose and main)
- A small coil of spare safety wire, spare electrical wire, & some spare
crimp on connectors
- A quart or two of oil (you can't be sure any given FBO will have your
brand)
- Some JB Weld (amazing stuff!)
- A small flashlight
- The membership listing for Central States Association (you ARE a member,
aren't you??)
- And... (very important)... LOTS of cash.  You can solve almost any
problem with it!

Other things I really like:
- Daylight (others may disagree, but the statistics bear out that it's much
safer, esp. for cross countries)
- LOTs of fuel
- A smartphone (for weather, etc. when you're on the ground)

Good luck - hope to see you Friday or Sunday.

Dave

Dave T. Nelson
T/L 553-4327, Voice 507-253-4327, Fax 507-253-3648
Program Director, ISC ECAT NPI & Test Engineering

----- Message from Geoff Gerhardt <geoff.gerhardt at gmail.com> on Mon, 3 Jun
2013 16:07:54 -0400 -----
                                                           
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Guys,

I will be heading out for a long, multi-stop XC this week.  Probably be
away for 1-2 weeks, depending upon weather, work, my tolerance for long
flights.  Basically, I'm headed to Minneapolis for a conference on Friday,
stay there until next Wednesday, up to see my parents in Southern
Saskatchewan, up North to Saskatoon where I need to give a talk, then from
then on its whatever I want - straight home or a more circuitous route
back.

My question to you guys is - what should I bring?  Right now, I have a
pretty good tool kit assembled, a spare main/nose tire, batteries, a
collection of typical fasteners used, oil, spare gap tape.  I'll have lots
of room, so weight isn't really an issue (just me flying with the
occasional hitchhiker).  Any pearls of wisdom from those who have done this
before?

Thanks.

Geoff
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