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Old 5th Oct 2004, 13:35
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Hudson
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Saw a roller blind type checklist fitted to the coaming on a privately owned ex RAAF Winjeel trainer. You used to be able to buy them in Pilots Shops then typed your own checks on the roller blind. Pity if you made a spelling error, though.

The first words printed on this particular checklist was "Gooday". Real professional I thought. Took me some time to wind through the lot and counted 135 different checks to be called from start to stop. The owner must surely have been kidding himself that he needed all those checks to fly a Winjeel trainer.

The RAAF instructors in those days made you commit to memory all drills but no way were there ever 135 items. More like 30 or so.