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Old 28th Aug 2017, 04:03
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SILENT SCAN

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Its actually in many SOPs now, but regardless, I do the following silent scan as we approach the holding point for departure.

FLAPs...correct position
THRUST....something sensible for our weight
RTO....selected
STAB TRIM.....something sensible
RUDDER TRIM....ZERO

Its done religiously.The rudder trim one I started way back in 1978 when doing my 737-200 endorsement circuits with Air NZ in Christchurch.We had just flown a one engine circuit and landed with significant left rudder trim applied and the instructor forgot to reset it to zero.During the next take off we starting heading for the terminal building to our left until I aborted the TO at low speed when I noticed the rudder trim setting.Peter
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