A wacky idea

"C Kingsbury" wrote in message
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"Ramapriya" wrote in message
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Is it not possible to have buttons inside the cockpit that perform a
set of checklist actions that pilots normally do at various phases of
flight and save pilots that bother? I'd have thought it nice for a
button to activate an electronic pre-flight check and report an AOK

Well, you're still going to need a checklist to check that one button.

Now, let's look seriously at this and see why it's a false idol. One
generic
pre-landing checklist is called GUMPS (it's an acronym- pilots love
acronyms
for checklists). It can be used on almost every propeller plane from a
little 2-seat trainer to a multi-engine turboprop with small
modifications.
It stands for the following items:

Gas- set throttle for landing
Undercarriage- lower landing gear
Mixture- set fuel mixture to full rich
Prop- set landing RPM
Switches- radios on proper frequency


Mine are a little different -

Gas - fuel selector on the proper tank
Undercarriage - down and locked
Mixture - set fuel mixture to desired position
Prop - set for desired RPM
Seatbelts - confirm everyone has their seatbelt fastened

Allen