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2. Preflight checklist - Wikipedia

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   In aviation, a preflight checklist is a list of tasks that should be performed by pilots and aircrew prior to takeoff. Its purpose is to improve flight safety by ensuring that no important tasks are forgotten. Failure to correctly conduct a preflight check using a checklist is a major contributing factor to aircraft accidents. [1]

3. BLITTS - Wikipedia

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   What this entails will vary by aircraft and its specific installed equipment, Transponder - Prior to takeoff, the transponder typically must be set to 'on' and additionally into a proper mode. Though some transponders will automatically activate into the appropriate mode based on a trigger aircraft airspeed, this point also serves to remind ...

4. Checklist - Wikipedia

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   In general, a checklist is a quality management tool, an aid to completing a complex task correctly and completely. It is an aid to recall, provides a reminder of the correct sequence, and uses the operator's knowledge and skill efficiently to ensure that no critical steps are omitted, even when the operator is under stress or has degraded attention due to fatigue or other distractions, It ...

5. GUMPS - Wikipedia

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   GUMPS is an acronym widely used by retractable gear aircraft pilots as a mental checklist to ensure nothing critical has been forgotten before landing. Its popularity is widespread, appearing in flight student curricula, FAA publications and aviation magazines.

6. CIGAR (aviation) - Wikipedia

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   CIGAR or CIGARS is a mnemonic that refers to a pre-takeoff checklist performed by general aviation pilots. The mnemonic stands for: [1] Controls; Instruments; Gas; Airplane secure; Run-up. Alternately: [2] Controls; Instruments; Gas; Attitude; Run-up; Yet another version was used by the U.S. Air Force: [3] CIGarettes For The Poor Russian ...

7. Quick Reference Handbook - Wikipedia

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   The aircraft manufacturer-designated checklists are always included in a QRH, and often the airline company or operator will include its own procedures. Therefore, there is no single universal QRH and they may differ widely in contents, but in practice, individual versions of it are referred to as the Quick Reference Handbook. [ 3 ]