The International Cessna^® 170 Association

A common acronym immediately prior to takeoff/upon line-up that many professional crews use is: FATS- Flaps (set), Airbrakes (closed), Trims (set), Speeds (posted).
That has been changed very recently to FARTS.... which, since the LEX takeoff accident on the wrong runway, has added the "R" which stands for: Runway (noted/checked w/compass).

Whew!

Read about what the NTSB says about it at:
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/ ... unway.html


(Tip: Whenever I'm instructed to taxi to a particular runway for takeoff, I set my Hdg Bug, or in the 170 my compass is caged/but set, to the runway heading that corresponds to the runway number. Then I'm forced to check compass alignment w/the mag compass when I line up on the runway.)

Or. as we use in the Hawker
Flaps
Airbrakes
Reversers (armed)
Trims
Speeds

Reversers on a Hawker are tits on a boar. IMHO. They stuck them on there to make Lear pilots feel better.

You got that right......I flew a straight 800 and it was much better without the reversers. I dont even use them on the XP...I pop the buckets and that is about it......

On the 700 they cost you 150 lbs of useful and 300 hours of hot-section.