jaapv
Well-known member
Using Cessnas mainly as a transport in the African bush for a few weeks each year I can assure you that it won't take 45 minutes to get goingAndyInOz said:So my start routine is:
1. Get in
2. Seatbelt on
3. Press brake
4. Press power button
5. Select D (or R)
6. Release handbrake
7. Drive away.
Having spent 45 minutes standing on the tarmac while a mate pre-flighted his Cesna, I can say that the comparison to starting an aeroplane is ludicrous.
Unless of course you are from the:
"Kick-the-tyres light-the-fires last one in the air 's a sook" school of flying...
The Cessna takeoff checklist has twelve items. Obviously the pre-flight one far more.