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Early mini iPad 2 plus Sky-Echo plus FF, I-com old 25khz handheld, PLB.

I still treasure my old 496 which was my ‘panel’ in the SuperCub, but I don’t carry it aloft these days.

Oxford (EGTK), United Kingdom

I see a lot of Garmin GLOs on this thread.

Can anyone let me know if they’ve had their unit continuosly blinking its green LED and never acquiring a GPS fix?
I’ve tried everything I could think of but I think my unit is simply defect…

EDDW, Germany

Airborne_Again wrote:

rechargable lithium batteries in the flashlight

Affirm @Airborne_Again. Well, the flashlight is part of my survival/maintenance equipment. But again, according to my experience, and what I know about batteries, chances of an in-flight fire on a non-recharging battery are pretty slim…

Dan
ain't the Destination, but the Journey
LSZF, Switzerland

Dan wrote:

Flashlight *

Why flashlight? Do you use rechargable lithium batteries in the flashlight?

ESKC (Uppsala/Sundbro), Sweden

Resuscitating this thread in order to minimize drift on the scooter thread

My guess is that the electronic paraphernalia one is carrying on GA flights is increasing, along with some associated risks of sudden ignition, fire, smoke… still, it becomes almost impossible to escape having any kind of battery on board…

A shortlist of my batteries, asterisk for the ones I consider as dangerous:

  • Main battery
  • Alternate ignition
  • Garmin G5s back-up (2x) *
  • AV-20 back-up *
  • VM1000 chip/clock *
  • ELT ACK-E04
  • ELT remote control
  • Headsets
  • Headsets spares
  • Ipad *
  • Iphone *
  • Flashlight *
  • Jumper *
  • Camping flashlight if camping *
  • E-scooter if use is foreseen *

Did I miss any? Not sure
Now, it could pay big time to work out a strategy if one of those battery were to catch fire 🔥
At the risk of scratching similar threads, mine is A/open my O2 and don my mask, and B/initiate an emergency descent, with all the relevant items covered…

Dan
ain't the Destination, but the Journey
LSZF, Switzerland

iPad mini 4 LTE on a RAM mount with SD running
iPhone as SD backup (AirDrop the flight plan before departure) + for pictures
Charger for the cig-lighter (2 USB cable to the iThings above)
PowerFLARM portable on the glareshield
Powerbank
Flashlight (white only)
Headlamp (white + red)
A bunch of chargers for the above.

ESMK, Sweden

Peter wrote:

It probably depends on how much faith you put into one flight planning method. With the modern tools, particularly if IFR, one could do everything with just a phone and that has been doable for some years. Until something goes wrong…

I use a tablet with the phone as backup.

ESKC (Uppsala/Sundbro), Sweden

Yes that is a very fair distinction.

It probably depends on how much faith you put into one flight planning method. With the modern tools, particularly if IFR, one could do everything with just a phone and that has been doable for some years. Until something goes wrong…

Administrator
Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Peter wrote:

Let me ask: who never travels with a laptop?

Do you mean for flight planning/management purposes? I never do.

(But I may of course bring a laptop because of the purpose of my trip.)

ESKC (Uppsala/Sundbro), Sweden

This is what I bring:

Within Europe:
- iPhone X, running AeroPlus Flightplan, Weather and SkyDemon
- iPad Pro running SD (mostly as backup, so stays in flight bag)
- Garmin Glo (GPS signal to iPad and iPhone X
- Garmin Inreach Tracker

Additionally In Africa:
- Iridium Go! for in-flight weather, tracking and communications, remote flight plan filing, etc.
- Goals Zero powerpack with solar panels for charging in remote places
- Survival equipment
- Stuff to secure aircraft in the bush such as axe and electric fence (to protect against hyenas damaging my plane).

EDLE, Netherlands
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