CIGAR or CIGARS is a mnemonic that refers to a pre-takeoff checklist performed by general aviation pilots. The mnemonic stands for:Controls
CIGAR or CIGARS is a mnemonic that refers to a pre-takeoff checklist performed by general aviation pilots. The mnemonic stands for:
Controls
Instruments
Gas
Airplane secure
Run-up.
Alternately:
Controls
Instruments
Gas
Attitude
Run-up
Yet another version was used by the U.S. Air Force:
CIGarettes For The Poor Russian Soldiers:
Controls
Instruments
Gas
Flaps
Trim
Prop
Radios
Straps.
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“The money expended for liquor and tobacco is the difference between a young man making a success in life and making a failure.”
“They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.”
“The Elizabethan age might be better named the beginning of the smoking era.”
“And a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.”
“Ashore it's wine, women and song; aboard it's rum, bum and bacca.”
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