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SMCOTTeVEST Flight Vestaking one’s in-flight nest often comes up short notepads, tablets, keys, on handy stowage, as you try to stash glasses, sunglasses and much waterbottle, phone and other paraphernalia. more – leaving yourWhat if you just wore the items on your person, in the pockets of a vest that accompanied you to the aircraft? Here’s a great gift idea for a pilot friend.SCOTTeVEST offers its Q.U.E.S.T. Vest, in men or women’s styles. It packs an astonishing 42 pockets, including a zippered compartment in the collar to stow the hood and a giant back pocket to stash larger items. The 65% cotton/35% nylon fabric is Teflon® treated for water and stain resistance.This is what the manufacturer says: “Every SCOTTeVEST garment is designed with specially engineered pockets to hold the gear you normally would fumble through a bag or backpack to find. While our clothing won’t replace a flight bag altogether, it organizes your key gear that needs to be accessible at all times. Our garments help organize accessories/tech including smartphones,SR-71 Flight ManualThe price of the Q.U.E.S.T. Vest is $175, reduced from $225. To order, visit www.scottevest.com or contact:SCOTTeVEST, Inc.411 East 6th Street, PO Box 1915 Ketchum, Idaho 83340,(866} 909-8378kneeboard much less cluttered or eliminating it completely.”by Richard Graham The OfficialPilot’sHandbook Declassified and Expanded withCommentary.Here’s a gift with real heft; a thousand-page book on the fabled SR-71 Blackbird.Not a coffee- table picture book, this is a reprintof the official pilot’s manual, with added commentary by Colonel Richard H. Graham. The paperback book is 8.5 x 11 inches, featuring over 600 illustrations, divided into seven sections. It should provide hours of thumbing-through forthe curiosity-seeker. The price is $75. Col. Graham is also the author of12 • TWIN & TURBINEseveral other books on the SR-71, including “The SR-71 Revealed: The Inside Story” and “SR-71: Stories, Tales and Legends”. To order, visit www.quartoknows.com/ books/9780760351741/SR-71-Flight-ManualNOVEMBER 2016