On Sunday, October 18, 1998 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Dan Dillon wrote:

Today I had the aircraft reserved at my flight school for my first
solo where I could 'just go out and fly.' I was looking forward to
this. Unfortunately, things didn't go well when I got to the
airport. First, my plane wasn't in yet. (A frequent problem that
annoys me.) When the student got back in with the plane, he told me
the radios were intermittant, so I chose another plane that was
available on the schedule, and out to the ramp I went. During my
preflight, I found that the checklists were gone. Damn- off to the
pilot shop I went and I bought one of those plastic Checkmate
checklists. Anyway- back out to the ramp to restart my checklist.
Unchain the airplane, inspect everything, and discover that the tail
beacon was haning in the rudder hinges by it's wires! Damn I can't fly
this thing- and I blew $15 on this stupid checklist.

Back to the office where I found my favorate plane had become
available, and I ended up having a fantastic flight over the Queen
Mary, Long Beach, looking out toward Catalina Island, and the coast.
It was absolutely fantastic weather, not a cloud in the sky, 15 mile visibility, and the dew point down in the negative numbers (never
heard that on the ATIS before today.)
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Anyway, now that I have shared the high points of my day, back to my question. On this fancy-schmancy checklist, it has something under
the landing portion as follows:
Landing:
Flaps - 30 deg or as req
Speed* 55(63)
GUMPFS

My question is this- What does GUMPFS mean. I can't remember ever
seeing that before.

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Seeking Electrical Engineering Position
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Its a quick landing checklist.

Gas
Undercarriage
Mixture
Flaps
Prop

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G – Gas (Fuel on the proper tank, fuel pump on as required, positive fuel pressure)
U – Undercarriage (landing gear down)
M – Mixture (fuel mixture set)
P – Propeller (prop set)
S – Seat belts and Switches (lights, pitot heat, etc.)

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Well I have been flying since since I was 14 and I am 76 and still teaching. 25 years ago Checkmate met with the small aircraft mfg. and sold them on a great idea.
Checkmate would work with each company and make a visual friendlychecklist for all their aircrafts. From then on checklist became raiser to read and were very accurate.
This is a warning DO NOT EVER use a printed checklist that doesn't have identification on it.
If it has not been copied from the Ops. Manual and laminated do not use it. There was a case about 15 years ago where the chief pilot put checklists from older aircraft into new aircraft with fuel injection. You guessed it on final the students turned on
the fuel pumps as listed on the checklist. They lost two aircraft to fires and the third badly damaged. ALWAYS USE A CHECKMATE CHECKLIST. They are all approved by each mfg. and very easy to use.
I have a friend with a 37 or 38 Fairchild and they had a Checkmate for it. Happy flying
John Slate
AGI/IGI and over 1500 students

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On Sunday, October 18, 1998 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Michael Horwith wrote:

Dan Dillon wrote in message <362ABC93.CCAA2323@catalina-inter.net>...
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My question is this- What does GUMPFS mean. I can't remember ever
seeing that before.

Maybe it is an acronym for pre-landing checks. I'll take a shot:

G - Gas (check tank selector)
U - Undercarriage
M - Mixture
P - PROP (Full Forward)
F - Flaps (You can add 2 F's to this for Fuel Pump)
S - Seatbelts

I learned SEGUM

S - Seatbelts
E - Carb heat (don't ask me, I don't get it either)
G - Gas
U - Undercarriage
M - Mixture

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P=prop full forward (only applies to constant speed / variable pitch props)

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