Penguinetta please advise
Penguina that buying ProPlan flight planning software will be the best 45 (or so) squids she's spent. Do flight plan and plog on the PC and download to your trusty GPS. No more flying to Helsinki cos there was finger trouble entering the lat and long
Following on from ToryBoy's advice:
1. Check the oil level after the flight. Its the only way to find out what the oil consumption REALLY was
2. Ditto 1. above for the fuel tanks
3. Clean the windscreen post flight using Sparkle. Great off the shelf cleaner and virtually smear free.
4. Wipe out the engine cowlings post flight. It'll give you a clue where the oil in 1. above went.
5. During the pre-flight checks try holding the right hand elevator and moving the left hand one. If there's any differential movement retire to the pub and call the engineer
6. As part of your pre-flight check, hold a wing tip and give it a good waggling whilst feeling for looseness and listening for clunking sounds. Remedy as per 5. above. I personally know of a Cessna which after flying 2 morning lessons went in for it's Annual after lunch and the tailplane tips could be moved through a six inch (150mm) arc............