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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dan wrote in news:252806d9-1056-4209-b52b-
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On Mar 21, 3:53 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"Larry D. Cosby" lcosby at knology dot net wrote in
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Hi, I was wondering what the acronym GUMPS stood on a
landing
checklist.
Larry

Gas Undercarriage Mixture Prop

Never heard the S before.

There used to be CIGARTIP

Which was:

Controls, Instruments, Gas, Altimeter. can't remember the 'R',
Trim
'I'
I don't know either and Props

Good one for simple lightplanes is CIGMFT. (Cig means fine
tobacco)

Controls Instruments Gas Mixture Flaps Trim.

Betie

Neither of those had a gear check?

Unless R stands for "Retractable?"


Why would you need a gear check for takeoff?


Corporate pilot picks up the newly painted and upholsterd Aero
Commander
and didn't check the gear switch.

About half way down the runway (where the bump was) the gear sucks
up
and the newly painted belly scapes for a while, but the thing gets
airborne.

Once around the pattern and back to the shop for new belly skin and
more paint.

That's why a gear check for takeoff.



Nope, that;'s why a cockpit safety inspection.

Semantics.


No, seperate checklist.

From the C172RG checklist in the POH:

Section 1, item 2. Landing Gear Lever -- DOWN

In the pre takeoff checks?




Bertie