Checklists

Checklists History

According to historian and writer Atul Gawande, the concept of a pre-flight checklist was first introduced by management and engineers at Boeing Corporation following the 1935 crash of a prototype B-17 at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, killing both pilots. Investigation found that the pilots had forgotten to disengage a critical wing adjustment mechanism prior to take-off. Life magazine published the resulting lengthy and detailed B-17 checklist in its 24 August 1942 issue.

Here you will find the checklist we use with our C42 microlight.

Here you will find an example GA Pre Start checklist used with a Cessna 172

Here you will find the generic check list BUMFFITCHH used once you have joined the circuit normally downwind.

Here is the CRAP approach check

Here is the generic HASELL and HELL checks