Don Johnstone wrote:
The version used in the UK almost universal, it is
one of the few things that most people seem to agree
on is

C - Controls
B - Ballast (includes tail dolly)
S - Straps
I - Instruments
F - Flaps
T - Trim
C - Canopy
B - Brakes
E - Eventualities

I use a similar one (lots of instructors in my club from the UK I guess)

C - Controls
B - Ballast (includes tail dolly)
S - Straps
I - Instruments
F - Flaps
T - Trim
C - Canopy
B - Brakes

With this added:

R - Radio contact with towplane
T - Traffic anybody on downwind, entering pattern? Gotta trust the wing
runner for base, short final.
W - Wind Yeah you knew what it was doing when you pushed out-useless
information once you're ready to roll.
P - Plan Rope break, wind shift, deer on the runway, idiot from one of
the other operations pushing out in front of you etc.


Yes I know it sounds like a lot, but for me, RTWP adds very little to
the complexity of the list but much to its utility. I don't buy the
"airmanship" argument about minimal checklists being all that's required
(for most pilots). Too many "good airman" have screwed up on these
sorts of basic skills, with expensive consequences.

Shawn