Old drills that you just can't forget.

[John Eacott]

Originally Posted by TomJoad

Not so much a drill but even today when in the car I always call out "clear left or right" at a junction when I'm a passenger - my wife understands it fine. Maybe it's in common use now or always was.

Hmm. I was driving a demo car with the salesman alongside who called clear left. Looked quite perplexed when I asked "are you a pilot?"

"Of course: how did you know?"

[500N]

Our family does it as well if a passenger in a car.

None of us are pilots.

[Rick777]

Too long to repeat here, but I bet most USAF pilots who flew the T37 can recite the single spin recovery.

[tartare]

Throttle friction nut firm
Mixture full rich carb heat cold
Pitch set fine
Flaps set 10 takeoff
Fuel sufficient for flight
Instruments set
Hatches and harness secure
Controls full and free movement
Look out

Brakes
Undercarriage
Mixture full rich
Pitch fine
Flaps approach

Clear left is a regular call in our car too.
Specially from the wife's seat.
Mrs T's Dad flew Hurricanes, Spits, the Super Connie and was the first Air India pilot to be checked out on the 707.

[Samuel]

Some years ago after eldest daughter had finished her first degree,she decided on a further horticultural qualification which included some instruction on small engines.Irecall her asking me one day what the Otto cycle meant an I told her it related to four-stroke petrol engines, as in "Induction,Compression,Ignition, Exhaust", or as I recall one instruct:or telling me;"Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Fart."

[Bill4a]

Ok, got the imprest? Roger - we go!

[Boudreaux Bob]

Tart.....would not checking the Fuel first save on an unnecessary setting of Flaps on occasions?

[thing]

Smudge, I still use WULF although I believe it's UFSTALL now. I think it's Undercarriage, Flaps, Speed, Trim, Airbrakes, Landing area and Lookout, and there's an E on the end of CBSIFTCB these days for 'Eventualities'.

Power wise I use ATPL as a last check when lining up for Approach, Transponder, Pitot, Lights. It's saved me from taking off with the transponder on 'Standby' on numerous occasions.

[diginagain]

Put me in a Lynx and I could probably get it going, from muscle-memory alone. One of the few things my brain has refused to let-go of, even after almost 18 years since demob, is the UK Mil definition of a chemical agent...

[tartare]

Very good Bob
Actually remember landing the old girl once after a cross country, and dipping the tanks before gassing her up.
Nearly bone dry.
Fair **** myself.
Was young, callow and learned a valuable lesson.
The checklist is not like reciting a magic spell to prevent you from stuffing up.
You have to consciously.
Stop.
And check.
That you have completed.
Every item.

[longer ron]

I still use WULF although I believe it's UFSTALL now

Many years before tinternet was invented - I used WWW -

Water
Wind
Wheel

A friend used STUFFIT

[Hempy]

Samuel, the one I learned was 'suck, squeeze, bang, blow', aka the 'good night out'

[BBadanov]

From Spaz805 and Arm-out-the-window:

Slightly wrong guys, but it was over 40 years ago.
Winjeel vital actions...

T ry
T ickling
M ary's
P retty
F annie
F or
S he
I s
H aving
H airy
C ...
T rouble

Trims set
Throttle
Mixture rich
Prop full increase
Flaps set for T/O
Fuel quantity pressure selection
Switches set
Instruments set
Hatches
Harness
Controls full and free
Tailwheel locked

[diginagain]

A pre-field landing check that was once printed in 'Flight' goes:

Crops
'Oles
Cows
Kids
'Umps
Poles

[Minnie Burner]

Centralise the blankets,
Full opposite bedpost.
?????

Stops the room spinning after happy hour

[Rossian]

Minnie.....

.....I always found that putting one foot out of the bedding on the floor tended to give stable horizontal reference.

The Ancient Mariner

[Minnie Burner]

AM:
Even at sea?
MB

[Rossian]

Minnie...

....yes, even in a French submarine. It was after my "baptism" as a "submariner" which started with a half pint of sea water drawn off in the engine room at 1000feet down. Followed by champagne, coquilles saint-jaques with Mersault; magret de canard with a very nice red burgundy, salad, cheese board, chocolate mousse, coffee and liqueur. Having climbed to 500 feet I retired to my bunk, but there was a loooooong swell and roll.
The saying was "happiness is 500 feet in a gale". Not completely true.

It's all in the mind really.

The Ancient Mariner

[Fg Off Bloggs]

TRY THESE DRILLS THEN!

I'm sure we are all guilty and have severe difficulty changing our ways or shaking them off!

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[MPN11]

Roger, Bloggs. Out.


Actually, from the depths of weird ... some of you may know that the Mirage had/has a system whereby, when calling for landing clearance, there was an additional "beep" that confirmed the gear was down and locked. The OH and I now use a vocal "beep" to ack msgs between rooms ... saves time and effort