Had an interesting spin on this, the other night whilst doing night circuits. All the cabin lights were switched off to simulate failure. I whistled through the checks as I normall do
Breaks off
Undercarriage is down
Mixture is rich
Flaps as required
Fuel pump on, landing light on
Propeller fixed
Instruments, ah fuggit, I can't see a thing, it all sounds about right
Carb heat on
Hatches \ harnesses secure.
The thing is, missing out the 'I' part it threw the rest of the chain out, took a while to get used to.
Amazing how it's possible to fly circuits purely on the attitude and sound of the engine. It's nice to get the instruments back, but I do wonder if sometimes they are just a bit of a distraction ?
Night flying, it's da mutz
