About Us

It was not long ago that a friend and I decided to take that trip that so many of us in aviation talk about.

That trip was in a small airplane, a Cessna 172, and the route of flight took us through the central and northwestern United States, western Canada and into the rugged and beautiful state of Alaska. It was a flight that began in Houston, Texas and ended, 35 flight hours later, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Though we have taken this trip since, this one was the most magical. It was the first and so many aspects of the trip were unknown and new to us. In short, it was an adventure.

Over the months leading up to the flight, we spent an enormous amount of time attempting to locate and purchase that aviation survival gear which was either required by law or I had deemed necessary to keep us safe in the event of an unfortunate incident. The task was daunting. I had to shop at multiple locations, paying numerous shipping fees, and still did not find everything I needed. It is because of our difficulty in locating quality aviation survival oriented equipment that I decided, upon my return, to start Best Glide Aviation Survival Equipment, Inc. at www.bestglide.com, then recently, our new site dedicated to all catagories of survival equipment, www.adventuresurvivalequipment.com

Our Mission

It is our mission at Best Glide ASE, and our new site at www.adventuresurvivalequipment.com, to provide the survival community with a comprehensive selection of quality survival related equipment at a reasonable price and in a convenient and timely manner. We are rapidly and enthusiastically working toward this goal. In 8 years of business, we have made much progress and do so daily.

We at Best Glide ASE will sell only the best quality Survival products, many of which are NATO or US Government Approved. We don't even consider purchasing an item simply because of the profit potential of that item. It is simple, our customers have come to rely on us for quality survival equipment. If it is not quality, you will not find it here. If we are not willing to trust our lives to a specific product, you will not find it here either.

 Subsequently, our products will sometimes cost more then their lesser quality counterparts. But as the saying goes, “You get what you pay for.” We do not settle for less than quality when it comes to our own safety and survival and refuse to ask you to do so either. I think that if you take a look at other survival equipment supplier's selections, you will come to the conclusion that they have a different philosophy.

You will find that a majority of our survival equipment, survival kits and survival gear are priced below, some well below, our fellow survival equipment retailers. This is because our main goal is not to make money, but to build something of which we can be proud. To do this, we must center on service….not product sales or profit margins. We very much desire to fill every possible Survival Equipment need an adventurer, sportsman, rescuer, pilot, boater or weekend explorer could ever face. Only then will we be happy with our performance.

Please give us at www.adventuresurvivalequipment.com and Best Glide ASE a try. I know you will not be dissapointed with our products or service. It is for this reason that we are now a supplier to numerous government agencies (like NASA, FBI, DEA, USAF, US Army, USMC), rescue organizations, corporations, clubs and individuals alike.  Best Glide ASE currently supplies survival kits to the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, State Department and numerous other orgnaizations.  In our survival kits, you find quality and dependability.  Don't confuse our kits with much cheaper, and far more less quality types usually imported from the East.  Kits such as these usually use cheaply made components for the purpose of producing high profit margins.  Ours are made to save lives.