What's in the bag?

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Re: What's in the bag?

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1 Qt 15W50 Aeroshell oil, pens, maps, cowl plugs, propeller and canopy covers

Portable urinal https://www.aircraftspruce.com/pages/ps ... eljohn.php

Rope for tie downs and lightweight aluminum wheel chocks https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/ ... ey=3009605

Pitot and stall horn covers

Lightweight life vests when overflying water.
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Also, what about cleaners, internal and external?
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Other little bags that occasionally someone will “speak” into. Nothing worse than hunting for a substitute in a crisis.

Spare headset.

Tie downs
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Pledge with a microfiber cloth for the bubble canopy. Others use Plexus.
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RMarkSampson wrote:Other little bags that occasionally someone will “speak” into. Nothing worse than hunting for a substitute in a crisis.

Spare headset.

Tie downs
Good list! I have plenty of barf bags in the plane that I collected in commercial flights.
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My daughter has a totally different view of useful load. According to her, what’s in the bag includes 2000 watt hairdryer, curling iron, 10 lbs of makeup, four sets of clothes for every day gone, sleeping pillow, cell phone charger (more important than jumper cables to start the plane) and all her homework and school books that she won’t actually use...
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What cleaners do you use on the wings, glass. Favorites? What tools do you keep in the plane?
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SavageB wrote:Excellent idea. What else do you guys keep in your plane?
Chocolate :)
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Off Amazon:
Meguiar's D15601 Synthetic X-Press Spray Wax - 1 Gallon. For quick post flight wipe down of the leading edges. I fill spray bottles and keep in the hangar. Not for the canopy...

Rolite Plastic & Acrylic Cleaner. For post flight cleaning of the canopy. Just ordered, have not actually tested to endorse yet.

Minimal tools in plane - Phillips screwdriver, small crescent wrench, Leatherman. Just enough to remove wheel pant and/or field dress a small rodent (back to your original survival question) but not enough to actually change a tire. A certified A&P would carry more. I do have lots of tools in the hangar...
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RMarkSampson wrote:My daughter has a totally different view of useful load. According to her, what’s in the bag includes 2000 watt hairdryer, curling iron, 10 lbs of makeup, four sets of clothes for every day gone, sleeping pillow, cell phone charger (more important than jumper cables to start the plane) and all her homework and school books that she won’t actually use...
And we wouldn't trade it for the world! Enjoy the time....
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