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✈️ C172 – HOLDING SHORT TO TAKEOFF - PREFLIGHT FLOW
✈️ HOLDING SHORT
✈️ HOLDING SHORT
Switch Comms - Tower
Doors & Windows Locked
Flaps - UP
Trim - NETURAL
Fuel selector - BOTH
Fuel pump - OFF
Contact Tower - (e.g. Santa Monica Ground, Skyhawk holding short Runway two one for closed traffic)
✈️ TAKEOFF
* Should be done by memory: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! *
✈️ TAKEOFF
All Lights - ON
Mixture - RICH
Look - LEFT & RIGHT (Runway and Final clear)
Line Up to Centerline (nosewheel between runway numbers)
Heels on floor
Smooth FULL POWER - Right RUDDER
Engine guages - GREEN
Airspeed - ALIVE
ROTATE - ~55 KIAS (typical C172)
Pitch for Vy — ~74 KIAS (best rate climb; confirm POH)
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