Being a Cool Pilot – Work in Progress

There comes a time in every beginning pilot’s life when she absolutely needs one thing.  Without this hunk of gold, you might as well be a carpenter who has no hammer.  What’s the point, right?  The weather has been stormy and down right miserable for learning to be a pilot lately, so I thought I’d let you try to guess what I got to make my flying experience a whole lot cooler.  It’s far more interesting than another post about textbook stuff if you ask me.  Ready to guess your little hearts out?

First off, is the pilot must-have we’re talking about a genuine Cockpit Antique Lambskin A-2 Leather Jacket?  You know every pilot’s sporting one of these.

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Some even go for one of these.  Ooh la la.

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Maybe I snatched up my own aviator glasses.  Yes?

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A parachute?

parachuteA little log book then?  (Boy this is more fun than studying.)

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I’ve seen these fuzzy fellas for sale at a few airports, and they’re really friendly (if not a bit dusty).  Could this be The Must Have Item?

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And my parents would be so proud to see me land back home sporting one of these.  Do you suppose I got my own aviator cap?

aviator-pilot-hatAnd if you’re still just not sure what the must-have pilot accessory I have is, I suppose it could be this last item since almost Every Single pilot is male:

aviation-underwearNo one has told me if this flashy underwear is must-have, so I don’t really know.  All I know is that it’s really cool to have the phrase “remove before flight” on your clothes so you can match the parked planes.  They have “remove before flight” signs covering important equipment from dirt and bugs.  See, men can coordinate their clothes!  Not surprisingly, “remove before flight” clothing isn’t available for women.  (Is that because the lack of women in aviation or because the idea is really weird?  I’ll let you decide for yourself on that one.)

Anyway, we’re not here to judge aviation fashion.  We’ve all seen Leonardo DiCaprio wearing a lot of these things.  The question at hand is what aviation accessory I just added to my collection of stuff to haul with us when we move again.  Any guesses?  

Feel free to throw in any other good aviation tools you might recommend while you’re at it.

(All images from MyPilotStore except hat and glass from Amazon)