No, 'tho I only fly microlights ( LSA's ) now, having lined up and completed all the checks - including activating the transponder - I then say "what's going to kill us today", and check again the fuel, ignition, flaps, w/v, runway heading on the compass ( no D.I. ) - then check for parachutes, it being an unattended airfield with a busy Tandem Parachute operation whose young, new, CPL's think that flying, and using the radio, as fast as is (in)humanly possible is most professional.
Ye canna be toooo carrrrefulll.
Last edited by ExSp33db1rd; 21st Jan 2015 at 07:30.