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Old 03-10-2009, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Jethro View Post
At the risk of being naive...what's wrong with the A-3 bag? I did A-10 demo for two years (1992-1993) and stuffed it into a travel pod every weekend. Snagged it on the pod door many times and it survived unscathed. While I don't go TDY as often as I did then, I'm still using the same A-3 bag. It's a bit old and faded but still does what it was designed for. I think it was issued to me during UPT (1984)!
Because it doesn't have wheels. You gonna lug a flight kit and up to 2 weeks of clothes around carrying an A-3 bag? Have fun.
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