Old drills that you just can't forget.
The Good Old DC3
The STUPRECC and CUBSTUNT will probably stay with me forever from the halcyon days at Valley but the very best, and very SIMPLEST drill has to be the shutdown checks in the beautiful and graceful DC3.
FO-MO-FO
Fuel OFF
Mags OFF
and then
F##K OFF !
Just sooooooooooo Sweet !
FO-MO-FO
Fuel OFF
Mags OFF
and then
F##K OFF !
Just sooooooooooo Sweet !
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Newt, BEagle ... add "Taxi Lamp On" for anti-collision purposes ... for Chipmunk pre-takeoff checks ... I think it was sequenced on the FRC's just after Pressure Head Heater IIRC ...
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How about 'pathasa(l)tnie'- info to transmit in an emergency (after Mayday, natch), or
W(E) HAV Firad (pre-descent & joining- JP?).
TTFFMMCIHCL going up & BUMMCFIHL coming down- RAFCFC Condor
...HSI,BDHI,standby compass- erect, off flags away: ADI BDHI erect, off flags away, horizon bars set... and something about BRSL latched. rest vague.
Worst is the days when I look at the calendar, its the 10th and I panic cause I can't remember if I paid my Mess bill...
W(E) HAV Firad (pre-descent & joining- JP?).
TTFFMMCIHCL going up & BUMMCFIHL coming down- RAFCFC Condor
...HSI,BDHI,standby compass- erect, off flags away: ADI BDHI erect, off flags away, horizon bars set... and something about BRSL latched. rest vague.
Worst is the days when I look at the calendar, its the 10th and I panic cause I can't remember if I paid my Mess bill...
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Old drills that you just can't forget.
Chris Scott.
Aileron upset has me thinking VC-10 but I suppose it could be from any other aircraft of similar vintage?!
BV
Aileron upset has me thinking VC-10 but I suppose it could be from any other aircraft of similar vintage?!
BV
Yes Bob, VC10 is correct: Top-of-Climb check.
If needed for wing-bending relief (above a certain weight), Aileron Upset is cancelled by crew (sorry, F/E) action passing FL240 in the climb. The HP Stop Valves are, IIRC, the bleed for the airframe anti-ice, which serves the L/Es of fin. tailplane and the whole wing-span (unlike more modern a/c). HP because (again IIRC) there isn't enough grunt from the LP air on the low-bypass Conway engine. Can't remember any other jet transport with a TOC check, which may explain why it sticks in my mind after 40 years. Sad, innit...
If needed for wing-bending relief (above a certain weight), Aileron Upset is cancelled by crew (sorry, F/E) action passing FL240 in the climb. The HP Stop Valves are, IIRC, the bleed for the airframe anti-ice, which serves the L/Es of fin. tailplane and the whole wing-span (unlike more modern a/c). HP because (again IIRC) there isn't enough grunt from the LP air on the low-bypass Conway engine. Can't remember any other jet transport with a TOC check, which may explain why it sticks in my mind after 40 years. Sad, innit...
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....the drills for starting engines in the Shackleton - often practised in the crewroom!
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Burning and turning..
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