tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417693701650847558.post674498164268895415..comments2024-01-25T05:42:14.838-05:00Comments on A mile of runway will take you anywhere.: Yes, I am still a pilot!Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11130510691724323456noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417693701650847558.post-30886381133099201452009-03-14T16:41:00.000-04:002009-03-14T16:41:00.000-04:00Yeah our official CIGAR list goes like this... C f...Yeah our official CIGAR list goes like this... C for controls free and trim, I for checking/setting the instruments, G for gas checked/fuel on/primer locked, A for airframe like seatbelts and door latches, and R for runup.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I'm still not the best with checklists before landing but I'm good with the rest really, don't know why. We never used much of a post-takeoff checklist for whatever reason. I hadn't even turned crosswind when I noticed the flaps were down too so it's not like they were down forever, just later than I usually retract them. Anyway, use of checklists is one thing I'm really try to harp on myself about and get better with!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11130510691724323456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417693701650847558.post-45525806971201486722009-03-14T14:27:00.000-04:002009-03-14T14:27:00.000-04:00Well I was worried that Steve had just given up fl...Well I was worried that Steve had just given up flying! ;)<BR/><BR/>This is a poor time of year for finding good flying weather. I find myself in the same situation - a week of bad weather, then two really good days, but oops, no time for flying.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, glad to see you are back in the air. I've forgotten the flaps a couple of times, but if I forget now my checklist catches it. I was bad at using climb / cruise checklists but my second-to-last CFI hammered me pretty hard until he broke that habit.Keith K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04053977391335225874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417693701650847558.post-37315331062755687342009-03-14T07:50:00.000-04:002009-03-14T07:50:00.000-04:00Always a great feeling getting back in the air!! ...Always a great feeling getting back in the air!! <BR/><BR/>I had to add this since that checklist always prompts the vision of the in cockpit exchange in the movie between Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. For the non-pilot readers Steve didn't fire one up or hold one when for when the mission is completed like the movie Independence Day. Instead CIGAR is a mnemonic that refers to a pre-takeoff checklist performed by general aviation pilots. The mnemonic stands for:<BR/><BR/>Controls <BR/>Instruments <BR/>Gas <BR/>Airplane secure <BR/>Run-upGaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637264267903131611noreply@blogger.com