A supply of water.
  Cooking utensils.
  Matches in a waterproof container.
  A portable compass.
  An ax at least 2.5 pounds with a handle not less than 28 inches in length.
  A flexible saw blade or equivalent cutting tool.
  30 feet of snare wire and instructions for use.
  Fishing equipment, including still-fishing bait and gill net with not more than a two inch mesh.
  Mosquito nets or netting and insect repellent sufficient to meet the needs of all persons aboard, when operating in areas where insects are likely to be hazardous.
  A signaling mirror.
  At least three pyrotechnic distress signals.
  A sharp, quality jackknife or hunting knife.
  A suitable survival instruction manual.
  Flashlight with spare bulbs and batteries.
  • Portable ELT with spare batteries.
  Additional items when there are no trees:
  Stove with fuel or a self-contained means of providing heat for cooking.
  • Tent(s) to accommodate everyone on board.
  Additional items for winter operations:
  Winter sleeping bags for all persons when the temperature is expected to be below 7°C.
  Two pairs of snow shoes.
  Spare ax handle.
  Honing stone or file.
  Ice chisel.
  Snow knife or saw knife.

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Attitude instrument flying in helicopters is essentially visual flying with the flight instruments substituted for the various reference points on the helicopter and the natural horizon. Control changes, required to produce a given attitude by reference to instruments, are identical to those used in helicopter VFR flight, and your thought processes are the same. Basic instrument training is intended as a building block towards attaining an instrument rating. It will also enable you to do a 180° turn in case of inadvertent incursion into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC).