Ah, well. The question was about what a new PPL needs. My own flight bag, one of about a dozen free conference bags I've been given but not yet broken contains pretty much the same as 2H2F's above, with the exception of Lockyears, which hasn't been updated for years so I leave it at home. I also usually have a folder of 'just in case' instrument approach plates and a length of emergency loo roll.
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