Flight Bags

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I can't scroll past this without chuckling.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

This is going to sound stupid, but for the longest time I actually just used an Aerocoast cooler as my flight bag. At the moment, due to constraints of some of the gear I carry, I actually use an even smaller cooler as my flight bag, and a fjällräven purse for my electronics and miscellany.

I don't know why I keep going to coolers. I think it's because all the space isn't consumed by pockets—I don't need 328 oddly-shaped pockets that were designed with some intention I can't fathom and refuse to fit any of my gear. I just need one, maybe two sections—one for credentials, one for stuff. Maybe one for EFB, laptop and iPad.

I even bought the Aerocoast flight bag because my thought process was "If I like the cooler as a flight bag, the flight bag designed after the cooler should be perfect!" ... but oddly it's too big, and I still preferred the cooler.

I'm not the type of person to have one system and follow it forever, though. I embrace entropy.

That’s interesting. I kind of assumed that the flight bag and the cooler would be the same size. Maybe not though.

I’m just torn. I carry too much junk and there are too many things I need to be accessible in flight, so any bag I get seems to get stuffed until it looks like a beach ball. But I like to carry the stuff I like to carry and I’m 52 years old and unwilling to change, so I’m between a rock and a hard place. I had the Aerocoast Cooler and the Aerocoast backpack and both were about 75% okay, but not perfect for me. My problem may be more that the 737 lacks sufficient space to access the side pockets because of the seat, but nothing I can do about that.

 

[woodreau]

im about to go back to one of those old leather chart cases... except i'm looking for wheels... my brightline isn't cutting it anymore - im ready to chuck it into the dumpster despite it working well for the last 12 years..

 

[killbilly]

im about to go back to one of those old leather chart cases... except i'm looking for wheels... my brightline isn't cutting it anymore - im ready to chuck it into the dumpster despite it working well for the last 12 years..

Would you like one of the old leather chart cases, with wheels....but in aluminum? Because I have one and I'd make you a nice deal on it.

Professional Flight Deck Case

Professional pilot, mechanical engineer designed, aluminum/magnesium alloy hard side flight deck case! We offer our Paradox Professional Flight Deck in two color collections: The Dark Sky Collection is blacked out by hard anodizing the aluminum/magnesium alloy which not only gives the case its...

paradoxaviationllc.com

 

[ZapBrannigan]

I don’t know if this one is big enough to carry all my junk, but it sure looks cool.

Flight Bag Leather Briefcase

This is the longest lasting leather laptop bag with a Gladstone Bag closure that we know how to make and it has a 100 Year Warranty. They'll fight over it when you're dead.

saddlebackleather.com

 

[Soul Brotha']

I’ve have flown with 2 FOs who rocked this and nothing but good reviews from both. Said carries everything and room for more. I’m a Brightline guy.

Bravo Flight Bag

The 29.92 Bravo Flight Bag You’re 7,500 feet above the rolling hills of Appalachia. The golden hour paints the horizon in hues of fire and silk. You reach down, instinctively, and there it is, right where you left it. The 29.92 Bravo Flight Bag doesn’t just hold your gear; it holds your...

www.2992shop.com

 

[Stone Cold]

im about to go back to one of those old leather chart cases... except i'm looking for wheels... my brightline isn't cutting it anymore - im ready to chuck it into the dumpster despite it working well for the last 12 years..

Would you like one of the old leather chart cases, with wheels....but in aluminum? Because I have one and I'd make you a nice deal on it.

Professional Flight Deck Case

Professional pilot, mechanical engineer designed, aluminum/magnesium alloy hard side flight deck case! We offer our Paradox Professional Flight Deck in two color collections: The Dark Sky Collection is blacked out by hard anodizing the aluminum/magnesium alloy which not only gives the case its...

paradoxaviationllc.com

Those are designed and made by one of our 74 Captains. I don’t have one but people seem happy with them. They fit in the real plane and the light twin fine, I’ve been told.

 

[Roger Roger]

I don’t know if this one is big enough to carry all my junk, but it sure looks cool.

Flight Bag Leather Briefcase

This is the longest lasting leather laptop bag with a Gladstone Bag closure that we know how to make and it has a 100 Year Warranty. They'll fight over it when you're dead.

saddlebackleather.com

Ha, I was considering that one too. Then I realized that $600 without taking the chance to hold it and try it out was nuts. I’ve never had one of their bags, but I have 2 of their belts and they’re indestructible

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Ha, I was considering that one too. Then I realized that $600 without taking the chance to hold it and try it out was nuts. I’ve never had one of their bags, but I have 2 of their belts and they’re indestructible

Their showroom is in Fort Worth about 40 minutes from my house, might drive over there sometime and have a look.