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Re: Australian Defence Force Emergency Flying Ration
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:51 am
by alohakid
MACrats17884 - Pretty cool & thank you for the share... may I ask, where did you find/buy these?
mahalo
Re: Australian Defence Force Emergency Flying Ration
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 5:17 pm
by Khaki83
These things are pretty rare. In fact I've never seen one operationally, I've only ever seen them at the Combat Survival Training School in Townsville, QLD. Every aircrew student gets one of these tins and over the duration of COMSURV turns it into their personal survival kit container with knives, fishing gear, snares etc etc.
I'll have to dig mine out for a photo.
Re: Australian Defence Force Emergency Flying Ration
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:37 pm
by Simon2002mre
Great pictures and descriptions, I've never seen one of these before.
Re: Australian Defence Force Emergency Flying Ration
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:31 pm
by Leutnant129
Wow, nice review, Thx for shareing
Re: Australian Defence Force Emergency Flying Ration
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2017 2:57 pm
by DangerousDave
Those metal rods are 'Dowsing rods'. They are used to locate underground water sources. I use them all the time.
Re: Australian Defence Force Emergency Flying Ration
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 1:23 am
by Khaki83
Funny thing is Dave, you're not too far from the truth- those rods are inserted into holes on the side of the tin to be used as handles, which can be then suspended over a fire to boil and sterilise drinking water!
Re: Australian Defence Force Emergency Flying Ration
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:30 pm
by Khaki83
So this is my Aircrew Surivial Ration cum Survival Kit. Apart from the standard mirror/razor/snares/fishing kit/flint and steel I've also included a plastic tube for collecting fresh water and a small resealable bag with cotton balls soaked in Vaseline for starting fires.