It
is interesting to compare...
We only have five points on our landing checklist:
1. Altimeter -- Set
2. Fuel valve -- Both
3. Mixture -- Rich
4. Landing light -- On
5. Vth @ flaps 30 -- 60 - 70 KIAS
1 - 3 we get out of the way before even entering the pattern, 5 is not until on final. The
only downwind 'check' is to switch on the landing light, which we do when opposite the touch down point, as we decelerate and add first notch of flaps. Flap handling is not even on the checklist. Checklists in the air are all memorized, but there are only 21 points all in all, so that is perfectly doable.
This is when flying the 172R or S; when forced to fly the N we have to remember the carb heat as well... But since those are different aircraft, we use different checklists
and different speeds; still even us studes seem able to keep those different procedures apart, without resorting to 'generic' lists...
Which method is better? *shrugs* Will form an opinion on that once past my PPL exam!
