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Oh, good thought! I don't have a crash ax in there...
>From: Wayne Woollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [COUPERS] EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT
>Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 13:03:38 -0800
>
>Lynn brings up some very good points:
>
>Last summer when I flew to Barrow, AK, It was required to have enough
>survival equipment in the plane to
>keep the occupants alive for two weeks. I packaged up a Wal Mart
survival
>kit also and packed it into a
>small tool bag that I got at Harbor Freight Aviation Supply? When I
>finally got up above the Arctic
>Circle I saw that everybody had a different idea about survival gear. I
>will point out what I learned
>that was different.
>
>Pack most of your survival gear in and old fisherman's vest that you put
on
>under your topcoat. Because
>what you end up with may be just what you have on!
>
>Water is important to pack in the survival gear. You may be
incapacitated
>and die of thirst two feet
>from some melting snow.
>
>Stuff a couple of extra long shoestrings in some ziplock bags just to
carry
>in your pockets when flying.
>
>Don't pile a bunch of stuff on top of the survival equipment, put it on
>top.
>
>An off highway/off airport landing in an Ercoupe/Aircoupe,{if experience
is
>any teacher} will more than
>likely end up with the aircraft violently flipping on its back.
>You cannot lift it off alone! You will be required to dig out {like I
did}
>or cut through the side
>opposite from where you end up. It will take a hatchet., and a lot of
>work, but believe me the
>incentive is truly there.
>
>This is serious business, but facing up to the challenge is part of
flying.
> Be a Scout.
>"Be Prepared!"
>
>Wayne::
>
>N161LH 3B9 wrote:
>
> > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following
>any advice in this forum.]----
> >
> > I carry a survival kit based on the one sold by Sporty's. Only I went
>to
> > Walmart instead. It looks like a lot, but I only bring a little bit
of
> > everything. For the pills, I carry just a few of the individual
sealed
> > pouches or blister packs, not bottles and I repackage everything in
>ziploc
> > backs to keep out moisture. A friend of mine who spent 25 years doing
>SERE
> > (Survival, Evasion, Rescue, Escape) for the Airforce worked on it with
>me.
> > It weighs about ten pounds.
> >
> > Leslie Holbrook
> > Alon A2 N161LH
> > Chester, CT 3B9
> >
> > MEDICAL AND FIRST AID GROUP:
> > Neosporin
> > Benadryl itch stick
> > Benadryl capsules
> > Zantac
> > Aspirin
> > Ibuprofin
> > Aleve
> > Dramamine
> > Feminine supplies -- and I ain't talkin' bubblebath, fellas
> > small, medium & large Bandaids
> > 2 1" wide gauze rolls
> > 1 Ace bandage
> > 1 roll cloth tape
> > gauze pads
> > cotton balls
> > metal tweezers
> > antiseptic towelettes
> > throat lozenges
> > anti-dehydration salts
> > Kaopectate tablets
> >
> > FOOD AND WATER GROUP:
> > 1 qt. canteen
> > 1 small stainless steel pot from a mess kit & plastic cup
> > waterproof matches
> > fire starters
> > 1 can Sterno
> > 3 chocolate bars
> > a bottle of water-purification tablets
> > instant coffee
> > 3 sugar bags
> > 2 packages ramen noodles
> > 3 granola bars
> > chewing gum
> >
> > SIGNAL AND LIGHT GROUP:
> > 4 Cyalume light sticks (2 white, 1 red, 1 green)
> > signal whistle
> > signal mirror
> > 1 hand held marine flare
> > 2 long burn candles
> >
> > EMERGENCY DEVICES GROUP:
> > Leatherman tool
> > small roll duct tape
> > 50 ft. nylon rope
> > needles & white thread (you want white in case you're sewing skin
>instead of
> > cloth)
> > 5 ft. copper wire
> > safety pins
> > liquid-filled compass
> > toilet tissue
> >
> > SHELTER AND PROTECTION GROUP:
> > tarp & plastic stakes
> > two emergency space blankets
> > extra sunglasses
> > insect repellent
> > sunblock
> >
> > >From: Richard Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: RE: [COUPERS] EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT
> > >Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 00:45:45 +0000
> > >
> > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following
>any
> > >advice in this forum.]----
> > >
> > >I'm amazed that nobody mention nutrients... such as a 12 pack of Bud
&
>a
> > >carton of cigarettes.
> > >
> > >joe whetnall wrote:
> > > > HELLO ALL
> > > > Would like to know what some have on board for
> > > > emergency equip? So far i have hand held flares
> > > > 10 oz yellow 60x90 blanket,Hand held strobe light.
> > > > Still would like 2 of those life vest like they have
> > > > on say a 747 , light weight under the seat type.
> > > > please share any info.
> > > > Thanks Joe W in the Great Northwest
> > > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >Richard Todd
> > >
> > >
> >
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>--
>Mr. D. Wayne Woollard, CPBE
>AIM: DWWoollard
>ICQ: 124132836
>
>"Why fly a Spam can when you can have fun and fly an Ercoupe?"
>
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