REFLECTOR: re. Long trip - what to bring?

[Jim Kanter]

CONUS: CONtinental United States. Basically mainland America.


On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Rene Dugas <renedugas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mark,
> What is CONUS?  My ignorance.
> Rene'
>
> Sent from Rene's iPad. A pleasure.  Go Apple.
>
>
> On Jun 4, 2013, at 11:06 AM, Mark Magee <edjonesbrady at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I like all the survival kit ideas, but with the reality of a CONUS forced
> landing not on makeshift runway (road), I just carry an iPhone, a
> Leatherman, fire starter, a bottle of water and a .45 and two clips.... :)
> KISS!!
>
>
> Mark B. Magee
> N34XL
> Sent from IPhone 4S
>
>
>
> On Jun 4, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Dave T Nelson <dtnelson at us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> 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 -----
> *To:*
>
>    Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
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>  *Subject:*
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>    REFLECTOR: Long trip - what to bring?
>
>  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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