Good Acronyms?

[unfazed]

An easily remembered pre-takeoff check just before you take the runway (power checks complete already). Have a large cigar and pat yourself on the back if the following are all checked !

Controls
Instruments
Gas (mixture, pump, selector)
Attitude (flaps, trim)
Radios (comm & nav)

Works for most light singles and is great for those times when time is of the essence and (or) the checklist is suddenly nowhere to be found

[Lou Scannon]

Tickle Mary Pickford fee five guineas

Was good enough in my day!

Trim
Mixture
Pitch
Fuel
Flaps
Gyros

But I was taught to fly by an ex-RFC pilot who held commercial licence No 179!

[combineharvester]

What about the 6 p's

P roper
P lanning
P revents
P iss
P oor
P erformance

or Crap

C onstant
R ain
A nd
P recipitation ( i did the bulk of my training in the north of England!)

[Genghis the Engineer]

And when it all get's too much and you can't even remember the compass rose.

Naughty
Elephants
Squirt
Water

G

[provo]

Three more to add to the pot

Top of Descent/Approach brief
WHUPS

Weather
Heads Up (this is an ILS approach etc..)
Plate - have I got the right one
Sector safe altitude is ..

Climb/descent checks
PATI

Power - increase or decrease
Altimeter - have I remembered 1013
T & P's
Icing -

Once cleared onto the runway
ATPLX

Anti collision - on
Transponder - on
Pitot - on
Landing lights - on
X wind - within limits

[unfazed]

A great cruise check (like FREDA) is

LIFE

L = Location (where am I)
I = Instruments (are they set and working)
F = fuel (is there enough? pump, selector, mixture etc)
E = Engine (carb ht, guages)

Easy to remember and relevant

[Kolibear]

When you turn downwind onto base, use CRAFT

Carb heat
Revs
Airspeed
Flaps
Trim

[hugh flung_dung]

I always knew CRAFT as the clearance sequence:
Clearance
Route
Altitude
Flight level
Transponder

HFD

[machonepointone]

I remember the acronym for the downwind checks in the Jet Provost when I was learning:-

Aunt and Uncle Fornicate Frequently However Weary =

Airbrakes - In
Undercarriage - Down
Flaps - Take Off
Fuel - Check
Harness - Tight and Locked
Wheelbrakes - ON/OFF Check Pressure

Another one for remembering the errors of tye altimeter PITHBLOT

Position
Instrument
Temperature
Hysteresis
Barometric
Lag
Orographic
Transonic Jump

Pre-stalling/Spinning/Aerobatics etc HASELL

Height - Sufficient to recover by (usually) 2000 feet
Airframe - Normally clean otherwise gear and flaps as required
Security - Harness tight, no loose articles
Engine - Ts and Ps, mixture rich, carb heat checked
Location - Clear of A - Active airfields
B - Built up areas
C - Clouds and Controlled Airspace
D - Danger/Restricted areas
Lookout

[funfly]

What about..TV Makes Dumb Children
Track
Variation
Magnetic
Deviation
Course

[Fliegenmong]

Special
High
Intensity
Training

[philltowns]

I'm impressed by the level of filth here

I was taught the Cadbury's Dairy Milk Very Tasty method, but a friend once told me that TransVestites Make Delicious Chocolate

[2R]

VDMONA for compass errors

Variation
Deviation
Magnetic Dip
Oscillation
Northerly /Southerly Turning errors
Acceleration/Deceleration errors

CRAFT For IFR clearance's

Clearance Limit
Routing
Altitude's
Frequencies -radio and transponder code
Times efc,eac,

WXCAAP

Weather at destination
Clearance
Approach plate brief
Avionics set up
Pre-landing checks

KMA