| The Survival Equipment I have in my Airplane | Check |
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1. Single personTent and Thermo sleeping pad. Two sleeping bags (one mummy, one rectangular). Motorcycle full body thermo suit. Winter gloves (2 pairs, one light weight, one heavy duty lether gloves). Wool socks. Wool sweater. | |
2. Three Space Blankets and a half pound candle in a tin can. | |
3. Compass. Two Magnesium fire starters (keep one in my pocket) | |
4. Axe with a build-in saw in the handle. Small foldable standless shavel. Portable gas stove. Fuel bottle and Water purification system (all from REI). | |
5. Two 5 gallon collapsible water containers (one filled with 4 gallons of drinking water and sit in a open lid plastic container, in case it leaks). One large plastic bag (heavy duty trash bag) | |
6. Rain gears: Light weight raincoat (EAA Oshkosh). A small Umbrella and bunch of plastic bags (supermarket size) | |
7. Hiking boots (water resistance, from REI)). Mosquito headnet | |
8. Letherman pocket Knife. Small ceramic knife (make thin slide cuts for meat and fish, thinking about to dry and preserve them) | |
9. All sorts of airplane repair tools (wrench, nut sets, screw driver, cutter, twister, plier, duct taps, eletrical tape, safety wires....). Spare parts: two spark plugs, two 1/4" toggle switches (in case I have to replace the Lasar magnitos), voltage regulator, soldering iron, solder, wires, nuts and bolts, spare tire tubes (one for main, one for tailwheel), 5 quarts of engine oil. Test equipment: Digital multimeter, Magnito timing testset. Bring file and sand paper next trip for propeller nicks and dings field repair. | |
9. Mosburg 12 gauge shotgun, 1.25 ounce slugs (10 ea), 1 ounce slugs (15 ea), 00 buckshot (15 ea), #7.5 (25 ea, for game), #8 (25 ea, for game) | |
10. S.O.S. Signal Flares (4 ea, 12 gauge), Fire from 12 gauge shotgun (not proven yet, but suppose to work). | |
11. 5 Watts Shortwave Ham radio. 10Mhz wire dipole antenna. 650mA @ 14 Volt hand crank portable generator. 4 long screws (to hold the generator on the tree, so I can crank with one hand and send S.O.S. morse code with the other hand). Mini Morse code Keyer (a modified relay). 20ea AA batteries for Ham radio and SPOT, 8 ea rechargeable AA batteries. | |
12. Fishing gears, one telescoping fishing rod. Assortment of tackle such as hooks, flies, sinkers and two spools of fishing line. | |
13. Sling, to hunt birds and small animal, and to throw finshing line over the tall tree to setup the shortwave radio wire antenna. | |
14. Lifevest, with manual control CO2 inflate cartridge (bought from West Marine) | |
15. Signal Mirror (with red dot in the center to aim for search and rescue airplane). A small roll of aluminum foil (to make a high gain Sun reflector). Whistle. 100mW laser gun (home made). | |
16. 406Mhz Personal locator beacon (monitor by NOAA Satellite), SPOT satellite tracker (with 911 emergency transmitter). | |
17. Firstaid kit, with surgical needle to close the wound. | |
18. Nylon Rope ( > 50-feet) and One backpack for on-foot hike out. | |
19. Two weeks of food supplies (including salt). | |
20. Aluminum container to cook food and water | |
21. Two Flash lights (one 5 LEDs, one 24 LEDs) | |
22. Sun shade face cover, Hats. | |
23. Winter jacket and Bicycle riding trouser (very effective to keep the leg warm with bicycle trouser as inner layer). | |
24. Two 5 gallon fuel containers (weight 2 lbs each when empty) | |
25. Two light weight hand carry bags to hold large sleeping bag and thick winter jacket, with the thought of crash landing protection (keeping them within reach, drag them in front of me before impact, protect my face and chest from impact to the instrument panel). | |
26. Water prove plastic container to hold ammunitions and personal locator beacon, and some small and vital survival gears, like mirror, fire starter, Laser gun, batteries. with the thought of fast escape from a burning or sinking airplane (bought from Tunner's outdoor's man) My boss Jim Berger later suggested me to paint it orange color, so in case I got injured or confused, at least I can train myself to grab the orange box for escape. Without the survival gear, it's hard to survive in this desolated wildness. | |
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Remarks: Next trip will bring 1. Two condons (military uses for water storage) 2. QuickClot (stops bleeding) 3. Surgical Scalpel. 4. Four space blankets to make out a shelter (I only borught three). 5. Henry AR-7 .22 rim fire Survival Riffle. Pack necessary (basic) survival equipment into one tight back-pack, keep it handy for fast escape, like Dave Richardson has. He has gone through all sorts of survival training in the millitary, very educational by talking to him. | |
| Non Survival Equipment included in my airplane (some can be eliminated) | |
1. Light weight bicycle (weight only 17 Lbs) 2. Computer (6 lbs), external hard drive and power adaptor 3. DC to AC converter (in-flight charge the electronic device battery) 4. Camera, battery charger and a 6" small tripod 5. Digital audio recorder and AAA batteries 7. Cellphone and charger 8. Clock and counter 9. Airplane tow bar (home made, only weight 1.2 Lbs) 10. Dual band Handheld radio (ham & aircraft), cigarette lighter cable for external power. 11. Sandwich bags 12. Soap 13. Exchange clothing, shaver, tooth brush, tooth paste, quick dry towel (stolen by animal on Hwy 97) 14. Sunglasses and additional pair of regular glasses 15. Airplane heavy duty Anchors with ropes. Wheel chucks. 16. Window cover (home made). Small plastic clamps (very usefully) 17. Body thermometer, fingertip Oxygen reader. 18. Light weight sandles (stolen by animal) 19. Charts, Maps, Airport facility supplement, aircraft operator's manual, check list, flight bag, and all documents requred in the airplane and for border crossing. 20. Tire pressure gauge. 21. Bicycle air pump (120 psi), one spare bicycle tube and replacement tool. The pump is good for the airplane tires too. 22. Binoculars Very close to the airplane gross weight when the fuel tank is full -- 1650 Lbs, I have calculated the weight and balance and C.G. precisely. | |