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Totes For Gadgets: Sportys, MyGoFlight Top

These days, we strut to the airfield armed with a tablet computer loaded with electronic charts, plus a handful of other small gadgets that might get lost in the bottom of a large flight bag. The solution? Downsize the bag, and there are plenty of aviation-specific solutions for doing so. Partly for my own amusement, but mostly with your budget money in mind, I collected several totes that wont hog valuable cabin space, but are smartly designed to tame the clutter of modern gadgetry. Heres the summary.

It used to be that the perfect flight bag had to accommodate several thick binders of paper charts, heavy headsets, a bulky portable GPS, oversized flashlights and anything else you could squeeze into it. It’s different now.

These days, we strut to the airfield armed with a tablet computer loaded with electronic charts, plus a handful of other small gadgets that might get lost in the bottom of a large flight bag. The solution? Downsize the bag, and there are plenty of aviation-specific solutions for doing so.

Larry Anglisano

Editor in Chief Larry Anglisano has been a staple at Aviation Consumer since 1995. An active land, sea and glider pilot, Larry has over 30 years’ experience as an avionics repairman and flight test pilot. He’s the editorial director overseeing sister publications Aviation Safety magazine, IFR magazine and is a regular contributor to KITPLANES magazine with his Avionics Bootcamp column.