Sky High Gear FLightbag

I have the bag, and I highly recommend it. It's got pockets for everything, it seems, and it's really well made. I expect no problems with durability. Also, the big Lightspeed headsets fit in the side pockets just fine, which I have heard is a problem with some other flight bags. It's a good bag for a good price.
 
I've got one too, I've commented on it before. Better than anything else out there, and I've looked at a lot of gear bags.
 
I just got mine in the mail last week.
All I can say is it's nice to finally have a bag that appears as if it was designed by a pilot.
Best flight bag I've ever had!!!
 
85 dollars for a bag? Never! 8 dollars for a backpack from Walmart -- oh yeah!
 
I used to be like that when I was younger, and they lasted maybe half a year. I bought a North Face backpack for $65 bucks, which was half price due to store going out of business, and it has lasted me for 4 years. No tear or wear spots either, and North Face has the best zippers. You pay for quality my man!
 
It's a great bag. The guy actually lives about 3 miles from my house. I went over and looked at it and was seriously considering buying it until my wife and her folks shelled out the $350 for a Scott leather case for Christmas! Boy was I surprised!

Anyway, if I did a bunch of GA flying, that would be the bag for me! Pockets and pouches galore! A place for EVERYTHING!

He's an international business man who is a pilot and went through a bunch of flight bags, none of which had what he wanted. So he designed his own. In the business he's in he works a lot with nylon bag manufacturers in China so knew exactly what it would take to make a good, sturdy bag- and how to do it for not a lot of money.
 
When I upgrade from my crappy "Jeppesen Navigator-Royal Blue", I'll be going Sky High babyyyyyyy.

In the meantime I'm picked up a little Wal-Mart special for the local training "sorties", a la jdflight.


Surf

p.s. jd, you did a nice job of washing all the bugs off 53B, but you forgot to take the tape off the pitot mast brotha'. "Airspeed alive...uhhhh, not yet"
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does it have pockets for a hh-gps AND a portable radio?

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The padded, soft-lined pocket in the front outside compartment is large enough for a Garmin 295 or a handheld radio, but the pocket next to it is large enough for only a pair of foggles or sunglasses. I was thinking it might be big enough for a Garmin GPS III Pilot, but that's doubtful, and that pocket isn't padded anyway. There are a couple pockets inside one of the headset pouches that you could put one or the other in, but I've got my headset's battery pack and spare in there.

As I mentioned in the other thread, I've got both 1" and 2" Jeppesen binders and a California Pilot's guide binder partitioned off in the main compartment, and that leaves a compartment space about 3"W x 7"D x 9"H, plenty big for a handheld radio in a padded case and more.
 
You guys that have it...what kind of flying do you do with it? I'm in the process of finding a decent flight bag to start my private with. (in a few weeks).

Would something like this be too much? How much am I realistically gonna need to carry as a beginning private student? I was thinking about just using an old school backpack...will that work? If not, this thing looks pretty dang nice.
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Your old school backpack will do just fine for your training, but you'll eventually accumulate enough stuff that you'll probably want something a little more organized.
 
Is the pocket they put foggles in big enough for an airmap 100? I think you guys sold me on it (you sure you dont work for the company? hehe)
 
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Is the pocket they put foggles in big enough for an airmap 100?

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MAYBE, but I kinda doubt it. A Garmin 12 series might.


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I think you guys sold me on it (you sure you dont work for the company? hehe)

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Not yet, I don't--but we'll see...
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I'd highly suggest that anyone considering one order it now; it wouldn't surprise me to see substantial price hikes to accommodate dealer markup and whatnot as Sky High moves to the retail channel.
 
You all are giving me a serious case of buyer's regret. I Got the Sporty's bag, which is ok, but this bag looks like it dominates
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