Pre flight Checks/Walkaround

[321XLR]

Originally Posted by lightningf2a

Arrived at this post by chance and it reminded me of an incident back in the 1960’s when I was flying Lightnings in the RAF. The flying programme got underway late one morning because the first pair of aircraft had low tire pressures and had to be changed. The newly arrived 1st line techie was congratulated for his diligence. Wheels on the Lightning were at very high pressure and inflated inside a safety cage where they underwent a leak test for, I think, 24 hours.

When the 2nd pair failed the pressure tests it dawned on the Line Chief to check the pressure guage. Guess what!

Nice. Prior post was from 2006

[dixi188]

Had an interesting situation on a SOAF Viscount in Oman around 1976. Aircraft landed with one engine shut down due to low oil pressure. The engine was changed and on the ground runs the oil pressure was low. The records were checked and this engine had been sent away for repair due to low oil pressure. So the engine was changed again. The next engine was better so the aircraft was returned to service. The next day it landed with this engine shut down due to low oil pressure. The engine was changed again, (lots of spare engines), and again the oil pressure was low on the ground runs, The oil line to the pressure transmitter and warning light switch was checked and found to be gummed up with old oil. After cleaning all was normal. Three engine changes all for a blocked piece of tubing.
Sorry, not really a walk around thing.

[Luc Lion]

There was one task in the morning walkaround that was always done by a techie, not by the pilot.
That was the propeller inflation.
Of course, with the advent of turbojet and turbofan engines, this important task disappeared...

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