>You'd probably have a 'trouser moment' if the starter crew replied down the external i/c with "Breech inserted, cowling secure!".<
Or even "Engine primed, breech inserted, cowling secure, clear to start", which I seem to recall was the mantra on UWAS in the early 1970s.
It's often said that the Chipmunk handles very like earlier marks of Spitfire. Anyone on here lucky enough to know whether that's really the case?