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Old 22nd Aug 2004, 20:51
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FlyingForFun

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When shouting ‘clear prop’, make sure they have turned the intercom off (ouch my ears!)
Personally, I'd rather see headsets remain off of both the pilot's and the instructor's head until the engine is started. That way, if someone shouts at me to stop because there's a small child running towards the prop below my line of sight, I might have a chance of hearing them.....

Apart from that, I agree with your list, but I'd like to add a number 11: flying the circuit with reference to the runway, rather than with reference to ground features. I found one student who was so used to following the coast on the crosswind leg of the circuit (even though the coast is not quite perpendicular to the runway) that when ATC instructed us to fly a circuit on the "wrong" side of the runway, the student continued to follow the coast, completely unaware that on this side of the runway the coast is 45 degrees from runway heading!

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