I just got off the phone with the company that I ordered my new headset from. Unfortunately the news wasn’t so good. It looks like I may have to make the trip with an old headset or else go without one. I guess I could borrow one of my Dad’s or Brothers, but I was looking forward to testing out the bluetooth adapter on the new one. That, and the new one is really light weight and easy on the ears. All of our old headsets get hard to wear after 30 minutes, let alone 8 hours a day.

I’m getting a new headset for my trip because my old headset is broken. I’ve been thinking a lot about which one to get because I need something really comfortable, light weight, and quite. I’m going to be in the plane 8 hours a day for 6 or 7 days straight and this is not an area that I want to cut corners on. If you’ve spent more than a few hours at a time in a Cub you’ll understand what I mean.

This year at the Reno Air races I had a chance to check out the new Zulu headset from LightSpeed. It was light weight, really quite and it has bluetooth capabilities so I can use it with my Nokia N95. We’ll see how well that works in a Cub with all the noise LOL.

I placed the order today with PilotShop after calling LightSpeed to find out who was getting in some orders. The guys at LightSpeed were really helpful as were the folks over at PilotShop.com.

I’m hoping that they can get them shipped to me in time for my trip. I’m having it sent to the location that I’m departing from. Fingers crossed.

For anyone who’s interested, I’ll be talking about my experience with the Zulu headset on the trip. This will certainly be a good way to test it’s metal. The only thing that would have been better is if LightSpeed would have donated one for the trip. Of course, I would happily take a second one

Cheers
Paul

If you’re at this web site then you already know that I’m going to be documenting the entire trip online. But… it’s the how and why that I think is interesting.

The How…
I’ll be using my Nokia N95.

The Why…
The J-3 Cub doesn’t offer much room, even if I end up doing the trip on my own. This is going to be a five to seven day journey and I need all the space I can get for holding extra oil, clothes, water, and a hand full of small electronic devices.

The N95 has everything I need to blog in a small package. I have communication, navigation, and the ability to document the trip. I can take 30 frame per second video and 5 megapixel images, and I can upload to the web without a separate computer. I can do all of this in less room that it takes to put an iPhone in my pocket.

The trip starts in 14 days.

Cheers
Paul