Never could get to grips with GRIT...
'Enemy. Watch my tracer!' always seemed easier :E |
Chipmunk Pre Take Off
In response to Newt, post #32
Tiny Tim's Mother Fondles Fat George's Gigantic Pr*ck Ha Ha at least that's what my man said it meant |
Hardly erotic, and a bit nouveau, but someone's got to mention DODAR sooner or later...
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Old drills indeed........
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It's been 12 years but.....
Flaps
Slats Pumps Cocks Lights 1, 2, 3 Canopy Pins Ground Name the ac? :confused: |
Spin recovery checks during my UAS days on Bulldogs. It's been over 15 years since I last flew in a 'Dog, and I'm convinced they could well be my final words on my death bed so forcefully were they beaten in to me by my instructor at the time.
For a left hand spin - seemed to be usual / more common than right hand spin - engine torque issues IIRC: Check height Throttle closed Needle left Full right rudder Control column centrally fully forward Spin stops UP recovery Check Ts & Ps and deadwing clear. |
First drill of the day 'HOCOWS'
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Drills
Easy Money Always Readily Available Cash Down.
Anyone ? |
During one of his CAAFU visits to Perth, Dennis Mobberley decided to have the Cessna 310 added to his type ratings. During the briefing for the 1179 he asked if I had any objection to him using his own checks rather than our school lists; I agreed that this would not be a problem as long as all essential items were completed.
During the first circuit I was intrigued by his mnemonic, which included “Hydraulic Pressure” and finished with “Oxygen Off and Guns to Safe”. At the debrief he explained that these same pre-landing checks had served him well on the Venom and he had used them ever since. |
Thats probably not a good idea, using a single jet check list on a twin piston with VP props !
Remember DM well from my Victor (B1a) conversion !! |
Apologies. #86 must be and old drill that I just have forgotten :O since no one has offered an answer to what the old drill was.
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Universal One
PUFO, PUFO,PUFO or three taps on the trusty bone dome and a thumb pointing the way home if one had to be quiet. Seemed to work jolly well.
Per Ardua Ad Astra and Everything. D. |
drills
For the technical minded;
Eat Good Jam Leave None Aaron. |
Chippies.
Love it.
However :- BOOTS LACED TIGHT - RUDDER BAR FOR THE KICKING OF. Cheers, D. |
For the Technically minded...:)
Eat Good Jam Leave None Peter Quickly Slips Up Wendy |
I doubt this qualifies as a drill, but, it's something that was "drilled" into me at Halton by a certain Flt Lt John Potter, our erstwhile Airframe Science instructor.
1/2 Rho Vsquared S CL , where Rho is air density measured in Slugs per cubic foot, .0024 comes to mind. Vsquared obviously the velocity squared, s being the surface area of the mainplane and CL being the Coefficient of Lift for that aero foil profile. It allows you to work out the lift for a wing. Amazing for me at 15+ years old. Smudge |
Met observer on way to Stevenson screen for the hourly ob:
weather/precipitation type cloud cover cloud names cloud base visibillty ............. ............. arrives at screen temperature wet bulb reset max min etc ...... ........ **** I'm behind drag curve.......... ..........back in office read wind speed direction gusts check cloud base colour it for ATC and NATO add forecaster's two hour trend code it all up transmit kettle on 10 minutes max. |
Bulldog pre-descent checks: FIRADIT
Fuel Instruments Radios Altimeter Demist Induction air Transponder Variations of this worked on all subsequent training aircraft. A touch of patois is required for use on the Tornado: Fuel Instruments Radalt bug Altimeters De' wings :cool: IFF Thrust reverse |
EFATO for a piston twin:
Firewall everything Undercarriage up Check which engine has failed Kill the dying engine That mnemonic would quite certainly be the first syllable from my lips if it ever happened for real. |
As an engineer I've always believed in
If you can't fix it, f*ck it, so no other f*cker can fix it....... Stood me well all these years lol :p |
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