How does sir/madam organise his/her flightsuit?
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Wallet & comb top left hand breast pocket (for right-handers and vice versa for left-handers).
For FJ guys the rest of the pockets were redundant in my day 'cos everything went into similar pockets on the g-suit!
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For FJ guys the rest of the pockets were redundant in my day 'cos everything went into similar pockets on the g-suit!
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That is a very good point, Background, and I'm happy to concede 
As my little pink number has been unused for a few months, I'd completely blanked it - however it's getting close to the time where she makes a re appearance 
Far from being the 'spray on flying suits worn by CrabAir trolley dollies' as noted in Ed Macy's Apache, my dessie coveralls take the description of 'grow-bag' to a new level.
What do I carry in the pockets? Sadly very little you'd need in civvy street Rans, unless you want a call from SO19 or whatever the feds call themselves nowadays. However, the ubiquitous RAF spork is always a welcome addition to your pen holder, being the original multi-tool, cooking / eating utensil as well as back-up in case of 9mm stoppage. And it gets through all baggage scanners inc RAFP. Result.
Downside - considered below stairs by some sniffy hofficers.
Cappacino sir?
As my little pink number has been unused for a few months, I'd completely blanked it - however it's getting close to the time where she makes a re appearance Far from being the 'spray on flying suits worn by CrabAir trolley dollies' as noted in Ed Macy's Apache, my dessie coveralls take the description of 'grow-bag' to a new level.
What do I carry in the pockets? Sadly very little you'd need in civvy street Rans, unless you want a call from SO19 or whatever the feds call themselves nowadays. However, the ubiquitous RAF spork is always a welcome addition to your pen holder, being the original multi-tool, cooking / eating utensil as well as back-up in case of 9mm stoppage. And it gets through all baggage scanners inc RAFP. Result.
Downside - considered below stairs by some sniffy hofficers.
Cappacino sir?
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As for the paper of unknown nature, I think he means 'content' or 'purpose'. What no one has mentioned is:
Laundered paper of unknown origin
On Vulcan QRA I also had a spare pair of socks. On call out I would don one pair. In the aircraft I could don the second pair if it was cold. In the right leg pocket would be a melted, resolidified, melted etc Mars bar. Sometimes this would be laundered too unless the dogs got to it first.
One time our copilot's right leg pocket contained a half-eaten chicken leg. Later, about a month later, it contained about a quarter of a half-eaten chicken leg and a large quantity of well fed and very happy maggots.
Laundered paper of unknown origin
On Vulcan QRA I also had a spare pair of socks. On call out I would don one pair. In the aircraft I could don the second pair if it was cold. In the right leg pocket would be a melted, resolidified, melted etc Mars bar. Sometimes this would be laundered too unless the dogs got to it first.
One time our copilot's right leg pocket contained a half-eaten chicken leg. Later, about a month later, it contained about a quarter of a half-eaten chicken leg and a large quantity of well fed and very happy maggots.
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One time our copilot's right leg pocket contained a half-eaten chicken leg. Later, about a month later, it contained about a quarter of a half-eaten chicken leg and a large quantity of well fed and very happy maggots.
Re the Mars bar - I recently retrieved my Moortrek model secreted somewhere in my flying jacket in a hiding place so cunning, the fox, squippers and DS never found it
Still tasted good after 25 years. You can lead a knocker to a commission but you can't take him out of the gutter!
I was always taught not to waste anything on my ITC.
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Top Left Pocket - A very wet receipt for classified documents that the nice chap at police HQ gave me the afternoon prior to the 'quick trip to the Mess' (which turned into an all-nighter complete with pool dunking). Amazing how the flying suit pocket cannot protect that stuff....
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Top left: 'phone, passport*, travel order
Top right: zippo, half a packet of Marlboro, wallet, cash for more Marlboro
Upper Knee, either side: chippy
Knee without chippy: Oakleys (can be hung from O2 loop if required - thanks for the reminder Wensleydale)
Hip pockets: gloves
Pens on sleeve
Gerber 'covert folder' in knife pocket
no comb required, #2 on top, #1 at sides
Everything else is somewhere in my headset bag.
Hopefully.
* used to be in one of the knees, surprisingly resilient to one service wash, but not the second.
Top right: zippo, half a packet of Marlboro, wallet, cash for more Marlboro
Upper Knee, either side: chippy
Knee without chippy: Oakleys (can be hung from O2 loop if required - thanks for the reminder Wensleydale)
Hip pockets: gloves
Pens on sleeve
Gerber 'covert folder' in knife pocket
no comb required, #2 on top, #1 at sides
Everything else is somewhere in my headset bag.
Hopefully.
* used to be in one of the knees, surprisingly resilient to one service wash, but not the second.
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No-one has yet mentioned the O2 loop on the front of the coverall - used to attach dog tags via a carabiner. Also used to attach the lanyard securing a small multi-tool that lives in the breast zip pocket. So much better than the wretched strap cutter and you get an added tin opener/scissors etc. Remember to put it into hold baggage before departing from Briz tho!
I also have a small bum-bag in the lower leg pocket that contains Passport, Driving Licence, NTO, RAFFT/CCS Card, F111 Med Card, a list of good phone numbers and a wad of Euros. Essential when diverting. and just straps onto the civies when deployed. It also fits the leg pocket of CS95. Looks a bit poofy, but very practical.
I also have a small bum-bag in the lower leg pocket that contains Passport, Driving Licence, NTO, RAFFT/CCS Card, F111 Med Card, a list of good phone numbers and a wad of Euros. Essential when diverting. and just straps onto the civies when deployed. It also fits the leg pocket of CS95. Looks a bit poofy, but very practical.
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But I've heard of FOOD....
One time our copilot's right leg pocket contained a half-eaten chicken leg. Later, about a month later, it contained about a quarter of a half-eaten chicken leg and a large quantity of well fed and very happy maggots.
Surely you remember your time on the front line where the contents of pockets should be -
Top left - 1250
All other compartments - Lick on tatts
The end
No need for maps - one nav + spare if he gets lost
No need for freqs - AEO
No need for money - co pilot
No need for book of gen - Air Eng
No need for chinagraph - 4th dry / 3rd wet
TGIF
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The small number of FJ aircrew maybe - but most operational aircrew are surely on rotary and multis - and in pink.
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Smitter, With all that help, how long does it take to manage an emergency....?
I prefer to put the gear down and land, with a cursory call to ATC, if I remember...
FRC in the leg pocket that are difficult to get out from under G Pants.
I prefer to put the gear down and land, with a cursory call to ATC, if I remember...
FRC in the leg pocket that are difficult to get out from under G Pants.
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Ranss9 ffs........!!
Forgive me for being pedantic....but I presume you have a 'FLYING SUIT' not a 'flight suit'
.....Please use the proper terminology as all this American 'fluence is beginning to p@ss me off...unless I'm wrong of course....
not a 'flight suit'.....Please use the proper terminology as all this American 'fluence is beginning to p@ss me off...unless I'm wrong of course....
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Camelspyder, that is why some pockets have zips. Confess I almost swallowed my false teeth, if I had them, when someone said he used his hip pocket for kets and money.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Flying suits
in the RAF they tend to call them "flying suits" (coveralls if you are pedantic)
but I presume you have a 'FLYING SUIT' 
not a 'flight suit'
not a 'flight suit'
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Left arm pen pocket - lucky plastic spoon and spare which becomes the lucky one if first one snaps.
Oxy loop - Small flat led torch thing
Right hand thigh - Fuel loads sheet
Left chest - Wallet and mobile phone
Right chest - Marlboro lights passport
Left ankle - Sick bag flying gloves and hercules handbook
Right ankle- spare pants
Oxy loop - Small flat led torch thing
Right hand thigh - Fuel loads sheet
Left chest - Wallet and mobile phone
Right chest - Marlboro lights passport
Left ankle - Sick bag flying gloves and hercules handbook
Right ankle- spare pants
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Forgot, one knocker used to carry a mirror to check his parting. His headset mussed his hair up.
Or Mick Muttet who carried a buffer rather than a hair brush
Or Mick Muttet who carried a buffer rather than a hair brush
