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

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!

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!)

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

Naughty
Elephants
Squirt
Water

G

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

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

When you turn downwind onto base, use CRAFT

Carb heat
Revs
Airspeed
Flaps
Trim

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

HFD

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

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

Special
High
Intensity
Training

I'm impressed by the level of filth here :ok:

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

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
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