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?
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....
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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.
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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'
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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