In-Flight Equipment to Fly Airplane

Video Transcript

"Hi, I’m Mike Camelin with SunState Aviation Flight School in Kissimmee, Florida for Expert Village. In this segment we’re going to talk about some of the added equipment that you might want to consider as a student pilot to have in your flight bag. Now the necessities would include training materials that your flight school would recommend and books and so forth. There are a few extra things that are not absolutely necessary but might be helpful, one of which may be an Electronic Flight Computer as opposed to the old slide rule kind. Many people find these easier to use especially the younger students who are used to the technology. Also one might consider a hand held radio transceiver, this is a great backup in case of an unusual radio failure in the aircraft, it’s also very useful to get your weather reports before you get into the airplane. Then all modern airplanes now days are equipped with an intercom system and radios for talking to the control tower. One of the things that’s going to make this a lot easier is a good communications headset. "