First post after months of lurking but here goes...
Originally Posted by bose-x
I flew a Chipmunk to Lille and back via Calais to display it. VFR with only a radio.
Personally I'd prefer to have a compass, wristwatch, ASI and altimeter.
Gents (not just bose-x), I may have bugger all flying experience compared to you but this sort of silly chest puffing is why I've never posted in this forum before. You're setting a very bad example to students, new PPL's and giving a really bad impression of pilots to the world at large.
If you feel the need and competency to do your checks on the run then fair enough but please keep it to yourself and let everyone else do it thoroughly. There are enough PA28 shaped holes in the ground already this year.