Pilot bags contains a great variety of items. If you miss one of the them, it’s may be time to ask Santa… Click here to read more about my flight bag.
1 – Headset. Mine is a Bose X that Santa did bring a few years ago
2 – Handheld radio. To make the handling of an electrical failure easier
3 -GPS. Ditto, particularly IFR in IMC
4 – Flashlight. A mandatory item for night VFR and IFR
5 – Chart clip. A must for aircrafts with yokes, useless for aircrafts with sticks
6 – Fuel tester. Since I started to fly diesel aircraft, I have one for AVGAS and one for JET-A1
7 – Sunglasses, for good days, and when gettin on top
8 – Kneeboard. I have a large one for aircrafts with yokes, and a tiny for aicrafts with sticks
9 – Paper and pens. For airport forms, briefing, clearances, times, … and all the like
10 – Sickbags for passengers. Shall I really explain why ?
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Vincent Lambercy is a Swiss private pilot now living in Germany. He holds a private pilot certificate with single-engine, multi-engine and instrument ratings and has logged more than 430 hours of flight.
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10 – Sickbags for passengers. Shall I really explain why ?
i hate to say it but i learned a lesson a little while back about keeping a couple in my kneeboard rather than way back in my headset bag where i couldn’t reach it.
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