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Old December 16th 07, 09:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ian
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Default Interested in soaring safety? Read this

On 16 Dec, 18:13, wrote:

One of the jobs crew can perform is making sure pilots complete their
checklists; Critical Assembly Checks, Positive Control Checks, and, if
done out-loud, pre take-off checklist. Teach your ground crew not to
hook-up a towline until they hear the pilot complete the checklist.


One club I fly with has a column in the launch log for "positive
control checks completed" and won't launch you until this has been
done (once per day) at the launch point. I think that's a jolly good
idea.

I teach to say "Emergency below 200 ft lower the nose land ahead, above
200 lower the nose, land ahead or behind".


How accurate are your altimeters during a winch launch?

Ian