Thursday, February 19, 2015

Traveling Efficiently and Effectively

I'm on my way to Phoenix to speak at the VerdeXchange AZ conference about changing perceptions of unmanned aircraft and their uses. Since one of focus areas of the VerdeXchange is sustainability (hence Verde; green), I thought I would try something a little different. I'm reducing my overall travel footprint (i.e., bring only what I need for a 36 hour period) by limiting my luggage to a small handheld bag, which has all my necessary electronic devices (still need to work on the road) and two full days of dress clothes (wearing my suit coat onboard). 

While traveling light is not new to me, reducing to this level is. Normally, I focus on minimizing down to a laptop bag (17x12x4"; 816 cubic inches) and a converible backpack (17x11x9"; 1683 cubic inches). I've spent weeks abroad using this packing configuration (2499 cubic inches of total packing space), which does require laundry facilities/services for travel greater than one-week. Besides being inconvenient, this combination is not very ergonomically friendly (backaches abound).

By focusing all my packing efforts on my single, laptop bag (coincidentally, did not bring a laptop), I'll only be using 32.65% (816/2499) of my normal packing configuration. Now to figure out how to fit a UAS in there for next time!


No worries as agent warns about full flight and available space 
All packed up and ready to go
Win 8.1 tablet, folding keyboard, and bluetooth mouse


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