 | The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Buy new: $35.00 / Used from: $7.60 Ok, if you haven't read the book, you at least have to read it. Get a hardcover edition so you can refer to it and not get each of the Mercury 7 mixed up. 'Cause too much of the right stuff would be wrong!
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 | A-2 and G-1 Flight Jackets: Hell-Bent for Leather (Motorbooks Classic) by Derek Nelson
Buy new: $24.25 / Used from: $17.68 This book will help you understand which jacket to buy. You don't want one of those d*mm bomber jackets, you want the fighter pilot version. That's the A-1 goatskin flying tigers special, just like grandpa wore in the China theater of WW2
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 | Authentic Ray Ban 3025 LARGE AVIATOR 1 Sunglasses Sun Glasses G-15XLT Lens BLACK Frame
Gotta have the shades! These Ray bans are the authentic thing. Forget those other wanna-bes.
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 | Citizen Eco-Drive Men's Nighthawk Stainless Steel Watch #BJ7000-52E
Buy new: $237.00 If you remember Tom's description of the watches the pilots wore, large faces. Well you might as well go for an aviator version. This one has the circular slide rule for calculations involving the weight of the fuel based on the number of gallons etc. Essential for filing your flight plan.
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 | Seiko Men's "Black Monster" Automatic Dive Watch #SKX779K1
Buy new: $189.99 Or you could go with the James Bond look and get a real dive watch. Everyone knows that if you wear one of these, you must be able to sail, surf, swim and scuba dive. That you know where to go for sunken treasure. That you know where those secret secluded beaches are and how to get there without walking 8 miles up the lost coast trail.
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 | Torgoen T6.01.01.B01
Or go with a Swiss version of the classic pilot watch. this watch like the Nighthawk has the circular slide rule.
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 | Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.01 While you are lying on the beach waiting to be noticed, you might as well read a book that shows that you aren't the shallow guy you look like. That your lack of a tan is from being underwater, not that you are stuck at a desk on sunny days...
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 | 3M™ Vinyl Duct Tape 3903 Gray, 2 in x 50 yd 6.2 mil
Buy new: $4.49 Here's the full roll, don't bring it all you won't need it unless you are planning on putting the whole wing back on the plane like they did in Flight of the Phoenix.
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 | The Flight of the Phoenix
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.95 When you are home, watch this movie to learn the true meaning of self reliance.
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 | Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $4.55 Watch this movie with Tom Hanks, to see some guys with the right stuff, and notice that it wasn't just those boys in the spacecraft who knew what to do when the going got tough.
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 | Chevrolet Corvett C5-R R. Fellows-J. O'Connell-O. Gavin #63 Le Mans 2002 1/43 Scale diecast Model
Put this model of a corvette on your desk. That way folks will assume that you own one, or used to have one. Meantime you can use it for a motivation to work hard and spend less and own one for real.
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 | Fiji (Country Guide) by Justine Vaisutis
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $2.80 Plan a trip to the South Pacific then go! Having the right stuff means not just dreaming about having adventures. Now mind you real adventures generally involve pain and suffering and god knows writing those reports is enough pain in your life. So go somewhere fun instead. You may still have an adventure in lost luggage, but at least you won't need more than a bathing suit to have fun in Fiji.
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 | SealLine® WideMouth Duffle 80L
Buy new: $63.95 You'll need a duffle to haul your gear in. So get one that can handle the adventures you are going to go on.
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 | Snow and Nealley Hudson Bay Camp Axe (012S)
Buy new: $58.99 A good camp axe is a great tool to have in the back of your truck. You can build a really nice campfire or hike in with a nice midweight ax like this one.
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 | Garmin GPSMAP 76CSx Mapping Handheld GPS
Buy new: Too low to display / Used from: $346.61 When your friends say, "I thought the truck was back this way.." You can whip out your GPS and a clearly point the way. That way you'll be home while dinner is still hot, instead of spending the night under a tarp.
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 | Crazy Creek B.A. Tarp Lite (Forest Green)
Buy new: $59.99 Nothing like sitting out the rain storm under a tarp vs under a tree. Plus it can work as a wind break on the beach.
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 | Hanging Kit Included (a value of $27.05)! Travel Hammock Set - Red (11.5 ft)
Buy new: $39.18 Toss this hammock in the truck and you'll relax in comfort while your buddies pick stones out of their...
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