Editing DIRK MICHAELS (section)

===Regular/special gear===

''Dutch Oven Lids'' - Dirk and Bruce pioneered the use of the Dutch Oven lid as a primary and critical piece of equipment. Dirk will, in dangerous situations, often have just a single lid on a strap around his neck (he experimented with several possible configurations before deciding it was best to have it where he could move it around). Claiming that the DOI saved him from being split in half, sucked into a whirlpool of death, and was -the- main weapon in stopping and killing an Ice Dragon, he is rarely if ever seen without on. In every aircraft he pilots, he has a dutch oven lid dispenser - most of these dispensers take the form of tall tubes with a feed at the bottom - one larger aircraft has it more akin to a weapons rack, where one could 'clip in' to a lid, and turn away.

''Dynamite'' - Dirk is a true Aussie - he has a thing for dynamite (it solves many problems) and keeps a stable and 'safe' crate of the stuff on his aircraft. He is known to wear a vest with sticks laced into it like shotgun shells for quick access. When he does so, he can often be seen either with a lighter on hand, or smoking.
 
''Aircraft'' - Depending on where he is going, Dirk knows how to fly quite a few aircraft, and he will often choose one that fits the situation. He is known to do things most 'sane' pilots would consider impossible (he took a Ford Tri-motor to almost 500 feet above it's maximum operating ceiling - with no apparently ill effects). Most of the craft he owns have the following -somewhere- in them:

''Gun locker'', often with firearms, but he's known to have several pieces of specialized equipment on hand as well, some of which where made by Carl Ellis or others like him.
                    
Dutch Oven Lids<br>
A fresh Crate of Dynamite<br>
Food. <br>
Clothing (enough that he could live almost indefinitely out of the craft)<br>
Various Camping gear (also so he can live out of the aircraft)<br>