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Since I fly at an electric/glider field I would not have thought of ear-plugs. Great item.


Great items.

Winter is coming! Flying in the cold.

I tend to fly all year round, even when there is snow on the ground. When
the winds are light, I fly electrics and gliders at the club field. Landing
on snow is fun and can be quite beautiful but you have to be careful about
where it reaches in the plane, so I carry paper towels so I can clean up any
snow or water that has gotten inside the plane.

When it is windy, flying at the field can be a problem but, if the wind is
from the north, I leave my regular flying field and head for the North shore
of Long Island to go slope soaring. Temperatures can be in the teens and
winds in the 20s so it can be quite cold, but I am dauntless.

I have a winter pouch that I put in my field bag starting in November. I
also have one I keep in the car. You never know when you are going to get
stuck on the road in the cold. It has a ski mask, a bunch of heat packs that
I can put in gloves and sox. The gloves have thumb holes cut out so I can
feel the sticks. Add ski goggles and a scarf.

I also keep a hunting shirt and a wind breaker in the car, just in case.

Batteries are kept in an inside pocket of my coat to keep them fresh.

When I go slope soaring in the cold, aside from the obvious thermal
underwear, I wear insulated bibber ski over pants and insulated hiking boots
that work well in the snow. It is quite a bundle but if I put a heat pack in
each boot and each glove, I can fly for hours under those conditions, so
winter is no problem.

Somewhere I find room in the car for planes too.