Old drills that you just can't forget.
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cubanate, I remember the (slightly different) mnemonic at #86 standing for:
Trim +5, neutral, neutral
Antiskid
Autostab
Nozzle stop
Flaps
Fuel
Instruments
Oxygen
Hood
Harness
Hydraulics
Controls
Captions
Pins
Is that the one?
STP
Trim +5, neutral, neutral
Antiskid
Autostab
Nozzle stop
Flaps
Fuel
Instruments
Oxygen
Hood
Harness
Hydraulics
Controls
Captions
Pins
Is that the one?
STP
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Must be a rigger then Nut?
Civilian wise licences cover
Airframes
Engines
Electrics
Instruments
Compass
Basic Radio
And a few hundred aircraft / engine types.
Pretty standard for Civilian licences.
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Camel Camelling.
Camel stops!
Jump off, hump off- look inside.
Rounds in the camel, no rounds in the hump etcetera, etcetera.
One they really beat into me was the four principles of marksmanship.
the position and hold must be firm enough to support the weapon
the weapon must point naturally at the target
the sight alignment must be correct
the shot must be released, and followed through without disturbing the aim
Camel stops!
Jump off, hump off- look inside.
Rounds in the camel, no rounds in the hump etcetera, etcetera.
One they really beat into me was the four principles of marksmanship.
the position and hold must be firm enough to support the weapon
the weapon must point naturally at the target
the sight alignment must be correct
the shot must be released, and followed through without disturbing the aim
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Two drills from Prentice days....first was taught to me by Adam Wojda, not a man to waste time, he said he learned it in the Battle of Britain;
Pre take off:- F F F
Fuel - Fan - Fu...leave (Fuel FULL and ON, Pitch fully FINE, Take off)
Second; I still wake up doing it in a nightmare; it's the procedure in a Prentice (OK, in my Prentice) for a change of frequency as in "Go to Tower, 118 decimal 1" when a mile or two from the threshold.
It had a 4-channel valve/crystal VHF set behind the left-hand seat with a selector for ABCD on the panel. If you had not loaded the crystal you needed pre-flight, you had to....
Reach behind the seat and switch set OFF.
Remove crystal from set, by feel.
Open box of crystals on RH seat, locate new crystal out of 75 of them, remove it.
Put old crystal in box.
Reach behind seat, feel for empty crystal socket, insert new crystal
Remove antenna feeder from socket in set
Insert in antenna socket a 3 ft piece of 2-core wire with a bulb on one end
Switch on set
Select channel with new crystal
With left hand press PTT on column
With right hand unlock and turn the antenna tuner knob for max brightness of bulb
Release PTT and Lock tuner
Remove piece of wire and replace with antenna feeder.
Call "Tower, this is GAOPL, short final".
Once upon a time, children, there was BeeCeeAyAhhh, but then the big bad beast called EEEArseAhhh came and swallowed up BEECEEayAhh, and we all lived unhappily ever after.
Pre take off:- F F F
Fuel - Fan - Fu...leave (Fuel FULL and ON, Pitch fully FINE, Take off)
Second; I still wake up doing it in a nightmare; it's the procedure in a Prentice (OK, in my Prentice) for a change of frequency as in "Go to Tower, 118 decimal 1" when a mile or two from the threshold.
It had a 4-channel valve/crystal VHF set behind the left-hand seat with a selector for ABCD on the panel. If you had not loaded the crystal you needed pre-flight, you had to....
Reach behind the seat and switch set OFF.
Remove crystal from set, by feel.
Open box of crystals on RH seat, locate new crystal out of 75 of them, remove it.
Put old crystal in box.
Reach behind seat, feel for empty crystal socket, insert new crystal
Remove antenna feeder from socket in set
Insert in antenna socket a 3 ft piece of 2-core wire with a bulb on one end
Switch on set
Select channel with new crystal
With left hand press PTT on column
With right hand unlock and turn the antenna tuner knob for max brightness of bulb
Release PTT and Lock tuner
Remove piece of wire and replace with antenna feeder.
Call "Tower, this is GAOPL, short final".
Pretty standard for Civilian licences.
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OAP's - Fix/Attack,Stab,Ackle- etc sounds like a Bayonet Drill.
Any takers for this convoluted mnemonic ?
A
D - am'
F - ine
G - irl
K - issed
L - onely
M - arine,
N - et
R- esult,
S - prog
U - nder
W - ay
Nowadays I'm not entirely sure if "M - arine" came before "G - irl" or indeed whether you dared not call him "Royal" if there was one within earshot. Fairly certain it didn't stand for "Matelot."
LFH
Any takers for this convoluted mnemonic ?
A
D - am'
F - ine
G - irl
K - issed
L - onely
M - arine,
N - et
R- esult,
S - prog
U - nder
W - ay
Nowadays I'm not entirely sure if "M - arine" came before "G - irl" or indeed whether you dared not call him "Royal" if there was one within earshot. Fairly certain it didn't stand for "Matelot."
LFH
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STP,
It is indeed only slightly different; there are a couple of items in there that I don't remember from the JP5A pre-take off checks. But you're probably younger than me!
It is indeed only slightly different; there are a couple of items in there that I don't remember from the JP5A pre-take off checks. But you're probably younger than me!
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Captain Radar ...
Best Bent Wire! Still give that a quick blast when picking up a morse key!
Back on thread ...
F uel (pump on, contents sufficient)
R adio (as required)
E ngine (Ts & Ps / 5 Greens)
P ropellor (in climb pitch / full power available)
P arking break (off)
A ltimeter (QFE set)
T ransponder (as required)
C arb heat (hot)
H arnesses (tight & locked)
Best Bent Wire! Still give that a quick blast when picking up a morse key!
Back on thread ...
F uel (pump on, contents sufficient)
R adio (as required)
E ngine (Ts & Ps / 5 Greens)
P ropellor (in climb pitch / full power available)
P arking break (off)
A ltimeter (QFE set)
T ransponder (as required)
C arb heat (hot)
H arnesses (tight & locked)
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Full Cipmunk:
Pre-T/O:
Tiny, Tim, Makes, Fishfingers, Go, Green, Pete, Though, Has, Them, Evenly, Turned...includes throttle friction nut.
Downwind:
My, Fat, Friend, Has, Hairy, Balls
After-landers:
Brave, Pirates, Take, Two, Frigates
JP Downwind:
Sarah And Lesley, F*ck, For, Hours, Willingly.........sadly they didn't!
Pre-T/O:
Tiny, Tim, Makes, Fishfingers, Go, Green, Pete, Though, Has, Them, Evenly, Turned...includes throttle friction nut.
Downwind:
My, Fat, Friend, Has, Hairy, Balls
After-landers:
Brave, Pirates, Take, Two, Frigates
JP Downwind:
Sarah And Lesley, F*ck, For, Hours, Willingly.........sadly they didn't!
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>F uel (pump on, contents sufficient)
R adio (as required)
E ngine (Ts & Ps / 5 Greens)
P ropellor (in climb pitch / full power available)
P arking break (off)
A ltimeter (QFE set)
T ransponder (as required)
C arb heat (hot)
H arnesses (tight & locked)<
That'll be the rejoin checks for the mighty Vigilant, not forgetting the dreaded mute switch as part of the Radio check.
One of our guys is a BA first officer. He reckons the checklist for his 747 is a lot less complicated than that for the Vegemite...
R adio (as required)
E ngine (Ts & Ps / 5 Greens)
P ropellor (in climb pitch / full power available)
P arking break (off)
A ltimeter (QFE set)
T ransponder (as required)
C arb heat (hot)
H arnesses (tight & locked)<
That'll be the rejoin checks for the mighty Vigilant, not forgetting the dreaded mute switch as part of the Radio check.
One of our guys is a BA first officer. He reckons the checklist for his 747 is a lot less complicated than that for the Vegemite...
"Cheeses moving - cheeses stopped. High speed, fully down, Blow's on auto, brakes held on".
Any thoughts?
I have a couple of ubiquitous pre-embarrassment checks, depending on class of aircraft, that I always use when lining up for take-off:
Jets: 'Flaps, trims and pins'
Pistons: 'Flaps, trims, prop, tailwheel lock'
Any thoughts?
I have a couple of ubiquitous pre-embarrassment checks, depending on class of aircraft, that I always use when lining up for take-off:
Jets: 'Flaps, trims and pins'
Pistons: 'Flaps, trims, prop, tailwheel lock'
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Not quite drills, but an old Stn Cdr usd to use an old form of the Phonetic Alphabet that went on the lines of:
A for 'orses
B for Dinner
C for Miles
D for Kate
E for Brick
F for vescent
G for Security
H for it in the morning
I for the Tank Engine
J for Oranges
K for teria
L for Leather
M for Caemia
N for Lope
O for The Wings of a Dove
P for Relief
Q for Hours
R for Askey
S for Rantsen
T for Two
U for Mism
V for Espania
W for Quits
X for Breakfast
Y for Biscuit
Z for Zodiac (pronounced "Zee")
A for 'orses
B for Dinner
C for Miles
D for Kate
E for Brick
F for vescent
G for Security
H for it in the morning
I for the Tank Engine
J for Oranges
K for teria
L for Leather
M for Caemia
N for Lope
O for The Wings of a Dove
P for Relief
Q for Hours
R for Askey
S for Rantsen
T for Two
U for Mism
V for Espania
W for Quits
X for Breakfast
Y for Biscuit
Z for Zodiac (pronounced "Zee")
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