Ok Ok Mr Seven Stroke Roll
stuff happens...FLY THE FRICKING PLANE FIRST...always check everybodies seat belt/harness...check the cowling, th eoil cap everything.
I did, i pulled the power put the plane in a slight decent so as not to stall and i called ATC, then i had a go. I did miss it on my cockpit checks, thats true... i do remember checking the tank lids and i usually check the doors straight after. The Pax may have had something to do with that.
an airplane is NOT an air going sort of car, its an airplane...treat it with respect.
really i just get in and go... i don't file a flight plan every time , i never check weather or notams, i never do a fuel calc and i never preflight the plane. of course i do
and never let a passenger on or off the plane without the engine shut down, mixture and mags off...
i don't even check the prop with out the keys in my hand and having checked the master.
you were flying over the ocean? do you carry life vests, over water devices? if you don'tk, you have to be gliding distance to the shore where I live.
13nm is the strait, and we were both wearing life jackets as its the law. i was as high as ATC would let me and being controlled.
Really did my post come off like i was a complete suicide victim? no need to be mean.