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Preflight checklist. A Royal Australian Air Force pilot conducts a preflight inspection of an F-35A Lightning II at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, April 27, 2022. 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 ...
A launch status check, also known as a "go/no go poll" and several other terms, occurs at the beginning of an American spaceflight mission in which flight controllers monitoring various systems are queried for operation and readiness status before a launch can proceed. For Space Shuttle missions, in the firing room at the Launch Control Center ...
The grade of Aviation Cadet was created for pilot candidates and the program was renamed the Aviation Cadet Training Program (AvCad). Cadets were paid $75 a month ($50 base pay + $25 "flight pay") – the same rate as Army Air Corps privates with flight status [13]: 31 – and a uniform allowance of $150.
List of mnemonics. ANDS (in the Northern hemisphere) - Accelerate North Decelerate South. SAND in the Southern hemisphere. [1] FATPL - pre-takeoff checks. Fuel, Altimeters, Transponder, Pitot Heat, Landing Light. [2] TMPFFGH - Trim, Mixture, Pitch, Fuel, Flaps, Engine Air Ventilation, Hydraulic Pressure. Avro Lancaster pre-takeoff checks.
CIGAR (aviation) CIGAR or CIGARS is a mnemonic that refers to a pre-takeoff checklist performed by general aviation pilots. The mnemonic stands for: [1] R un-up. Alternately: [2] Yet another version was used by the U.S. Air Force: [3] CIGarettes For The Poor Russian Soldiers: S traps.
The NTSB found that the foundation's preflight checklist called for the engine run-up to be performed at lower RPM than specified in the B-17 ground maintenance checklist, and the preflight run-up of the accident flight was in fact performed at a lower RPM setting, which made magneto problems more difficult to detect because the RPM drop caused ...
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Preflight Planning Dispatch Checklist. #REDIRECT Preflight checklist. From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Category: Temporary maintenance holdings.