checklist
Before you turn up
Field landing checks / currency / seasonal crop awareness
Documentation
Crew
Tow car
Currency on glider type. Know how to rig it. Know how it fits in trailer.
Site check flight
Read manuals for instrumentation
Get spare number plate for car
Plan some tasks
Pilots equipment
OHP pens
Maps of area, half and quarter mill.
Multi-scale Ruler (18 inch)
Map cleaner, rag, meths
Spare batteries for torch, logger, camera etc.
Current BGA turnpoint list – BGA Web site Download
Current BGA Competition handbook – BGA Web site Download
Local Rules
Comp licence, Gliding Cert.
Glider insurance Radio Licence
Pilots Logbook
Sun cream
Soaring Hat
Sun Glasses
Drinking bottle
Logger, manual, software & leads.
Camera – databack & sealed – or just for fun !
Camera films
Watch
Diskettes for recording flights
Trailer
Fus Dolly, wing dolly X 2, Tailplane holder.
Additional fittings like straps, locating pins, bolts etc
Rigging aids if they fit in with glider.
Trestles x 2
Glider Tow Rope
Spare Tyre
Number plate correct for tow car
Electric’s function when attached to tow car.
Brakes function properly
Break-away chain present
Retrieve CAR
Full tank, oil, water, tyre pressures.
Keys – car + trailer.
Money (Petrol / Crew meal)
Road Maps
Tool kit
Torch big enough for night-time de-rig.
Pre-breifing
Rig, tape
DI Glider
Positive control checks, Check wheel brake functions, Aerotow hook.functions
Fill in Log Book – yesterdays flight times ?
Cleaned & Polished
Water in, tail tank
Glider Cockpit
Launch ticket + spares !
Parachute + bag
Sick bags + Pee bags
Stuff sack or bag
Tie-down kit
Water-proof jacket - put following in pockets
Chalk
checklist
Mini Torch
Swiss army knife
Note book / paper
Pen
Land-out forms
Wallet + bribe money
Phone numbers
Note details of glider insurance company & address.
OHP pen with map scales
J Willy calculator
Biro
Snacks – not choc !
TP Camera, film in, mount aligned.
Mountain / Winter flying. Bail-out wallet in trouser pocket. Contents.
Survival blanket
Phone money / numbers.
Matches
Signal Mirror
Stopwatch / timer
Canopy cloth
Canopy cover
Batteries connected and secured
Electric’s checked & off
Tow out kit ready
Canopy cover on
Post Briefing
Maps marked & folded.
Task declaration form? 0.0. signature.
GPS programmed with task(s) & switched off
Pilot orientated with Start line direction / drop zone/ airfield layout (relight area,
tug landing area).
Review task and Met
On Grid
Check cockpit contents
Start clock photo done
Launch ticket handed in
Tail dolly off but nearby
Wings supported on trestle if windy / water on board.
Mobile Phone Switched off & stowed in cockpit, or jacket pocket.
Radio on start frequency & checked
Note QFE, QNH, FL errors on Map
Start height noted
Barograph / logger ‘on’ & in
Empty pockets of keys, money, & other painful junk.
Pilot in
Jumper / fleece on or reachable ?
Maps ¼ mill , task lists etc stowed in cockpit
Fold ½ mill Map to first task leg, clip start & task info to back. Stow
Lnav set for QNH, finish ALT - circuit ?, Ballast
GPS ‘on’ & running, task declared but not started
Drinks from cooler, stow in cockpit. (1-2 litres).
Soaring hat
Sunglasses / spare glasses
CBSIFTCB Everything is different
Wind, Airfield shape.
Landout
Check in with control. Be ready with Approx Location (bearing, range to nearest
town) & GPS reading or lat long estimate.
Notify crew approx position.
Remove all valuables / cameras, loggers etc. Hide rest. Parachute in bag
Consider padlocking bag to airframe !
Canopy cover on & tied. (DV panel lock ?)
If windy, tie down or secure, stack cross-wind.
Contact Farmer / Land owner. Grovel
Details of exact position & directions to crew.
If glider secure (e.g. not near housing estate / road !) consider arranging to meet
crew at obvious landmark / main road junction.
Crew must check out with control
checklist
Don’t destroy glider in rush to put it in trailer
Don’t forget half the rigging aids
Notify control once crew finds pilot / set off, espec if you have long trip & plan
meal.
Post finishing / return
Camera - tail fin -finish clock .
Report to control /O.O logger, camera, declarations, barograph, landout form.
Empty cockpit of pilots junk – batteries, parachute, drinks, clothing, food etc.
Maps etc back in briefcase for next briefing. FOD check ?
Clean wings etc. Mud in wheel box ? Land-out damage to doors etc?
Secure / de-rig glider
Parachute in dry place.
Batteries on charge
Mobile phone on charge
Water containers re-filled