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{{short description|none}}Mnemonics are used by aircraft pilots for the safe management of a flight.

List of mnemonics

• ANDS (in the Northern hemisphere) - Accelerate North Decelerate South. SAND in the Southern hemisphere.
• BLITTS - pre-takeoff checks
• BUMMMFITCHH - pre-landing checks
• CBSIFTBEC - UK glider pre-takeoff checks
• CIGAR - pre-takeoff checks
• CISTRSC - Canadian glider pre-takeoff checks
• CRAFT - instrument flight rules clearance checks
• FATPL - pre-takeoff checks. Fuel, Altimeters, Transponder, Pitot Heat, Landing Light.BOOK, Christian-Phillips, Anneli, Commercial Pilot’s Licence, 1 March 2013, Crowood, 978-1-84797-542-3,books.google.com/books?id=C5d8AwAAQBAJ, 18 February 2022, en,
• FREDA - en-route checks
• GUMPS - pre-landing checks
• HASELL - checks before aerial manoeuvres
• IMSAFE - personal wellness checks
• OWLS - checks to assess an unprepared surface for a precautionary landing
• PARE - spin recovery technique
• PAVE - pre-flight risk evaluation
• TMPFFGH - Trim, Mixture, Pitch, Fuel, Flaps, Engine Air Ventilation, Hydraulic Pressure. Avro Lancaster pre-takeoff checks.BOOK, Lindsey, Ivan, In the heavens above : British Commonwealth Air Training Plan : RNZAF aircrew training Canada 1940-1945, 2012, Willsonscott Pub, Christchurch, N.Z., 9781877427381, 310,
• UNOS (in the Northern hemisphere) - Undershoot North, Overshoot South. To compensate for magnetic dip when turning. ONUS in the Southern hemisphere.WEB, Stibbe, Matthew, Acronyms to help remember aviation compass errors,www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/acronyms-to-help-remember-aviation-compass-errors/, Golf Hotel Whiskey, 28 March 2022, 28 April 2010,
• UPRT - upset recovery technique

See also

• Index of aviation articles
• List of aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautical abbreviations
• Pilot decision making § Mnemonics
• Military terminology
• List of government and military acronyms

References

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