Fuel on, Brakes on, Throttle closed, Switches off ... clear to prime ... Chipmunkery as BEagle calls it ...

Still runs through my mind when I fire up the lawn mower :uhoh:

STUPRECCC and CUBSTUNT (Gnat hyd fail and AC/DC fail drills)

BUFUP (Hunter after t/o checks)

My Charming Friend Fiona Has Huge Boobs (Chipmunk pre-landing checks)

My - Mixture Fully Rich
Charming - Carb Air Hot (should be wire-locked....)
Friend - Fuel ON and sufficient
Fiona - Flaps as req'd
Has - Harness tight and locked
Huge - Hood locked
Boobs - Brakes fully OFF

Beagle:

Charming - Carb Air Hot (should be wire-locked....)

Not in a Navy Chippie! Even so it was only My Friend Fred etc. and Mixture included Carb air.


N

The wire was quite flimsy ...

Something to do with limiting CHT I believe ...

Cockpit Drills.
 

Can't believe it got to Lancman (#15) before:

B rakes
U cart
M ixture
P itch
F uel
F laps
G ills
(those funny things that used to stick out round the radial engines which had pistons going up and down in them - remember ?)

D.

One for the tutor is Paris Hilton:

Hot, idle, rich, bit#h.. Followed by a FAFF...

‘Take off vital actions’

What a misnomer. Great strings of stuff and NONE of it vital to the takeoff. I used to be accused of shouting TAFFIOH and opening the throttle. Some truth in it although I did check no warning captions were lit.

As to the M1 what a nightmare that is compared to flying.

Coffman starter

Response to your #21

Breech in, engine primed, cowling secure and rear switches on (Sir) ?

Smudge

Smudge :ok: Best regards Coff ...

It's been 21 years since I heard 'T dot, E dot, 4 whites and a green' and I wasn't even doing it, just observing from the back.

Polished shoes
and
I still put my thumbs over the top of "Handles" - including Bench Press Bars.

T
T
M
F
F
G
and
G
P
H

Any ideas?:ok:

Every dame my hard di.. demeanour (GPMG stoppages cured by the IA drill)

Aim, factors, courses, plan (combat appreciation in contact)

Mag to Grid get rid, Grid to Mag, add (navigation)

Ground, gradient, course, obstacles, escape-route (cross country tac driving)

My first Black and Decker was a cracker.

Sorry for a little thread drift but this...

Reminded me of a post - xmas day at Abingdon many years ago,very cold weather...chippies not been started for a while and were being a little reluctant to fire up.
One of our VRT gentlemen told his groundcrew that they were clear to prime (even though he had just started his walkround:cool:) so young eddie says 'ok' - he primes and swings the prop and hey presto the dripsy chunks into life and continues to idle :cool: even with both mags off LOL.
Eddie is just staring at the prop spinning - our pilot is stood holding on to the rudder just gawping :)
A quick thinking sumpy SAC jumps up and pulls the fuel cut off !!
What a great start to the new year...I had a great laugh :ok:

Here's silliness for you then...

When I was 15 or 16 I read the book The Big Show by Pierre Closterman DFC etc. etc. etc.who flew Spitfires and Typhoons in WWII.

One of his pre-takeoff checks was BTFCPPUR. I think it was:-

Brakes, Trim, Flaps, C*, Pressure, Pneumatics, Undercarriage, Rudder...

But it was 40 years ago and I was only reading a book... :8

* Struggling on this one... Choke?

'Both engines running, two Flight Idle stops out, 2 leads 1, 2 leads 1, 2 leads 1, 2 leads 1, into Acc Drive'...holds breath waiting for the crunch...

Could somebody confirm if my recollection of the Hawk T1 pre-landers is correct? It's been 13 years since the staff of 208 noticed I was inept and got rid (some would say it should have been at least 13 and a half years but there you go!), but I seem to recall:

Speed below 200
Airbrake in, MI black
Gear down, button fully in
Fuel for 150, 130, 117 (or so)
Mid flap
I'm secure, you're secure,
Flap has travelled, 3 greens

My speed has been below 200 ever since;)

newt - Chipmunk pre take-off checks?

For many a/c, the commonly used 'airbrake in' before 'gear down' must be a legacy of the Meteor T7 'phantom dive' era, surely?

Trim -- two divisions nose-down
Throttle -- friction nut adjusted
Mixture -- fully rich, carb air hot
Fuel -- on and gated, contents sufficient
Flaps -- as required
Gyros -- horizon erect, DI synchronised
Gauges -- indications normal
Pressure-head heater -- as required
Harness -- tight and locked
Hood -- closed and locked.

Chipmunk pre-take-off-checks :ok:

Trailing Aerial........In, Ratchet Selected Beads Clamped

One item of the Varsity T1 Pre Landing Checks

Can't remember anything else - well it was 44 years ago!!

mcdhu