Dont forget the logbooks. They burn very good and are usually necessary to be destroyed, to take care of making up all the flight time and ADs, Discrepanciese etc that were on the machine. Gonna burn the Boss' toys, make sure you burn the books........Ha Ha

Sat-phones are now quite affordable, see here: http://www.satellitephonestore.com/i...lite-phone.php

Check this. Thuraya seems to be quite cheeper. But coverage is limited.

http://store.ustronics.us/bthursatphon.html

Survival Equipment
 

Hi all,

I am interest to know what kind of survival/emergency equipment do you have and in what kind of missions do you transport it?

Best regards to all.

Currently moving drills in N.Ontario with B2. It is at the moment -36C with wind chill of -47C Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!. :rolleyes: I never leave camp for shift changes, drill moves, without full survival gear on aircraft. This includes standard 6 man, 5 day survival kit with all usual goodies, plus snowshoes, axe, saw etra food, ie granola bars and stuff that wont freeze and most importantlly far as i;m concerned, sleeping bags. and a couple of good quality lighters I also carry my Snowgoose winter coat (although too bulky to fly in) a good pair of gloves and personal pack with a change of clothes and small luxeries, ie spare couple packs of smokes. Even if shift change is only a 10 minute flight I carry everything. Once spent 6 hours on the ice with a broken machine in the Artic at -50, no fun but survival kit made it bearable and was a real moral booster (even the chicken noodle soup was starting to look good) :D

Chaps,
Surprised no one mentioned this so far, the basics of any survival are:

Protection
Location
Water
Food

So much of what you take depends on what you are doing, where, when, how much space in helicopter have you got, who's side you are on etc. Always pack for that unscheduled landing.

In another life I remember being distinctly happier with 20 heavily armed soldiers down the back, that covered the first two quite nicely. Nowadays don't think you can go too far wrong with a company credit card and a mobile phone.

:ok:

Here's Doug Ritter's Equipped To Survive, Aviation Survival webpages.

Well worth reading. Thoroughly!

ETS also reviews and tests lots of aviation survival equipment.

Doug Ritter is also a pilot whom designs, builds and uses the ETS survival kits.

Best Glide, here, also specialize in aviation survival kits.

If over water, perhaps consider this.

Hope this helps.

Anyone have first hand experience with the Doug Ritter Ultimate Aviator Survival Pak? Its priced at about $2300 U.S., or 10X the most expensive Best Glide kit. No doubt if you need it its worth every penny, but is it 10X better than the rest?

You could also contact member 'hihover' who is getting into the lightweight survival kit game

Survival kit

a couple of quid for the bus
and an english yam-yam/yam yam-english dictionary for if I stray too far west!!

Survival Kits
 

Anyone who wants more info on my 3 or 5 person kits, please feel free to contact me.

Tam

created an own kit
 

When talking about survival kits, IMO what you put together yourself may actually be superior to what you could buy. Mostly because you can tailor it to your locale. But it does need to be small and light enough for you to carry it on your person. If you need it, it is quite likely that you will have to leave in a hurry. One of the most important things to carry is a good knife. It doesn't need to be a Crocodile Dundee type of knife, but it does need to be sharp. Plus you need to wear practical clothing. Way too often you see guys wearing just shorts, a T shirt and flip flops. In a survival situation this type of clothing will degrade your chances of survival. Sturdy pants or jeans, good practical footware and strudy shirt will help increase your survival chances.