lack of confidence solo flight

"three-eight-hotel" wrote

As an owner, I have tried, in the past to run through my checklists by
memory... The problem is... Flying once a weekend or every other
weekend isn't conducive to good memorization!

I had always heard that memorizing all but the most basic lists is not a
good idea, because you want the definite challenge - confirmed bit going on,
with no possibility of leaving anything out, due to stress or workload.

What say ye all?
--
Jim in NC

On 12/12/2005 15:28, Morgans wrote:

"three-eight-hotel" wrote

As an owner, I have tried, in the past to run through my checklists by
memory... The problem is... Flying once a weekend or every other
weekend isn't conducive to good memorization!

I had always heard that memorizing all but the most basic lists is not a
good idea, because you want the definite challenge - confirmed bit going on,
with no possibility of leaving anything out, due to stress or workload.

What say ye all?

I had an Ultralight instructor that used to pressure me into running
through the checklist by memory (as in the pre-flight checklist, for
example). I was never comfortable doing that.

There are some cases when due to time, you need to do from memory - at
least initially, like during an engine failure.

I'll do my climb, cruise, descent, etc. checklists from memory, then
double check with the hard copy (just to make sure nothing was missed).
This way, while running down the memory checklist, I'm not moving
back and forth from panel to checklist to panel to checklist. It actually
makes it go much more smoothly, at least for me.

The bottom line for me is that checklists are good.

--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Sacramento, CA