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GumpAir wrote:

Prepared Pilot wrote:

RockyTFS wrote:
Preparedpilot.com has some really thorough survival kit recommendations.

when flying and expect to be rescued with in a few days I'm sticking with the matches, windproof lighter and tinder that I put in my survival kit.

Rob Hunter

Way I was taught, and actually had to use for real many. many years ago stuck out with a broke airplane (mechanical) and crap weather keeping anyone from coming out to get me, is to go fly out, park, and live off just your survival gear for a few days. Always interesting to see what you end up using/not using, and it's quite sobering to see what a fix you'd be in if you were hurt bad and the weather was deadly cold.

Because of that, for all the years I flew the Arctic, I always wore my survival vest, and dressed for hitting the ground running as my airplane burned. A lot of the turbine guys poked fun at me, bleed-air keeping them warm as long as the kerosene was burning, but I always knew I'd be found warm and dry when they came to get me.

Centmont wrote:

I always wore my survival vest, and dressed for hitting the ground running as my airplane burned.

Does anyone make a nice comfortable nomex survival vest WITHOUT the inflation for those of us which most likely won't have to ditch in water? Ralph