Recollections of an RB-29 crew in JapanB-29 Pilots Cockpit Checklist
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BEFORE STARTING ENGINES
1 SEATS & PEDALS..................ADJUSTED L & R 2 CLOCK SET & RUNNING.......CHECKED L & R 3 AIRSPEED IND.....................CHECKED L & R 4 VERTICAL SPEED.................CHECKED L & R 5 GYROS...............................UNCAGED L & R 6. EMERG CABIN PRESS & 7 LANDING GEAR SWITCH ......DOWN 8 TURBOS..............................OFF 9 ALARM BELL & CALL LIGHT.CHECKED 10 AUX. POWER UNIT..............ON LINE 11 POSITION & OXYGEN CK.....COMPLETED 12 PROPS & CIRCUIT BRKRS....HIGH & CHECKED 13 TURRETS..........................STOWED 14 BREAKS & HYD PRESS.......SET & CHECKED 15 LIGHTS AS REQUIRED.......CHECKED L & R 16 WING FLAPS....................ZERO 17 RADIOS...........................ON 18 PITOT CVRS & DWNLKS....REM & STOWED 19 BOMB DR SFTY VALVE 20 FLIGHT CONT (A.E.R.)......CHECKED 21 LIQUID LOCK CHECK.......COMPLETE 22 RADIO CALL...................COMPLETED 23 ENGINEERS REPORT......READY ON 3 24 GUNNERS REPORT........FIREGUARD ON 3 25 START ENGINES............START #3 BEFORE TAXIING 1 CHOCKS .......................OUT 2 NOTIFY CREW................READY TO TAXI WHILE TAXIING 1 BOMB DOORS................CLOSED 2 EMERGENCY BRAKES....CHECKED & SERV. 3 VACUUM......................CHECKED 4 MAGNETIC COMPASS.....CHECKED 5 NEEDLE & BALL............CHECKED L & R ENGINE RUN-UP 1 PARKING BRAKES.........SET 2 GYROS & FLUX GATE.... NAV, SET L & R 3 CLEAR TO THE REAR......CLEAR FOR RUNUP 4 RADIO COMPASS............TUNED TO FIX 5 DE-ICER BOOTS.............ON 6 GNRATORS (1800 RPM)...FLAPS TO 25 & UP 7 ENGINE CHECK............COMPLETED |
BEFORE TAKE-OFF
1 DE-ICER BOOTS....................OFF, CKD L&R 2 TANK SAFETY SWITCH.........CAN SALVO 3 TRIM TABS & ThRTL BRAKE..SET FOR T-O 4 WING FLAPS........................25 DEGREES 5 AUTOPILOT.........................OFF 6 PROPELLERS.......................HIGH RPM 7 TURBOS.............................SET FOR T-O 8 ALTIMITERS SET..................SET L & R 9 SAFETY BELTS & HARN........FASTENED L&R 10 ENGINEERS REPORT..........READY FOR T-O 11 RADIO CALL.......................COMPLETE 12 WINDOWS & HATCHES.......CLSD REAR L&R 13 NTFY CRW ON ROLL OUT.....TKING RUNWY 14 LANDING LIGHTS...............FOR NIGHT T-O 15 GYROS AFTER LINE UP.........CK & SET L&R 16 A/C INTERPHONE, CP VHF 17 CHECKLIST COMPLETED......READY FOR T-O BEFORE LANDING 1 ALERT CREW........................PREP TO LAND 2 RADIO CALL (V.P.PRESS)........COMPLETE 3 ALTIMITERS SET...................SET L&R 4 SAFETY BELTS & HARNESS..FASTENED L&R 5 AUTOPILOT..........................OFF 6 TURRETS.............................STOWED 7 HYDRAULIC PRESSURES........CHECKED 8 ENGINEERS REPORT............READY TO LAND 9 PROPELLERS........................2400 RPM 10 LANDING GEAR...................DOWN & CKD. 11 FLAPS 25 DEG DOWNWIN.....A/C SIGNAL 12 TURBOS.............................SET 13 FLAPS FULL-ON FINAL.........A/C SIGNAL 14 CHECKLIST COMPLETE......READY FOR LDG AFTER LANDING 1 PROPELLERS.......................HI RPM 2 HYDRAULIC PRESSURE........NORMAL 3 TURBOS.............................OFF 4 WING FLAPS.......................UP 5 POSTFLIGHT CHECK............COMPLETED 6 BOMB DOORS......................OPEN AFTER PARKING 1 PARKING BRAKES...............SET 2 CUT ENGINES...................... 3 BOMB DOOR SFTY VALVES....CLOSED 4 CHOCKS............................IN PLACE 5 BRAKES.............................OFF 6 RADIOS & LIGHTS...............OFF L&R 7 CONTROLS.........................LOCKED 8 CHECKLIST COMP..............RDY TO UNLOAD |
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