I don't carry the checklist around when I'm preflighting but I do sit in the
plane after the external preflight and review it to make sure I did not miss
anything. This is for planes that I have many hours in so I've done the
preflight once or twice . But I still review it to make sure.

John

"Ricky" wrote in message
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On Feb 5, 9:27 am, Larry Dighera wrote:
I realize you were just a student pilot at the time, but I find it
curious that the word checklist is not mentioned anywhere in your
article.

A checklist is/was used most of the time, possibly skipped if in a
hurry as I was.
Even now, I find myself not using a checklist sometimes for preflight
once I get to know a plane.
It's easy to get complacent, especially with a small Cessna.
I'd be curious to know how many actually carry around the checklist
outside while preflighting?

Ricky