New trainer from SZD Bielsko

"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message
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Sally W wrote:
I see no reason to deviate from the standard CBSIFTCBE checklist,
so "Flaps: not fitted" accompanied by a glance to see that there
is indeed no flap handle is part of my checklist for a non-flapped
glider.

This has the benefit of keeping instructors happy on check rides
without straining my brain to remember what checklist is expected as compared
with what I might do or say when no instructor is present.

Perhaps it is just the way that my mind works, but I have to respectfully
disagree.

If you fly something with fixed gear for your first 1000 flights, each time
dutifully reciting something unnecessary like "UNDERCARRIAGE" and each time
DOING NOTHING but just skipping on to the next item, then when you finally get
in something with retractable gear, you are liable to do the same thing you have
always done and land gear up as a result. I believe that checklists should be
ideally posted in the cockpit and should be made specific to each aircraft so
that each step on the list has real meaning each and every time.


Vaughn