LOKHEED-MARTIN C-130 Pilots checklist

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BEFORE START
[ ] Lights -- SET ( pres L key )
[ ] Fuel -- CHECKED
[ ] Radio -- FREQ SET
[ ] Clear APU -- START
[ ] Altimeters -- SET
[ ] Cargo Ramp & Door -- CLOSED
 (press / ( FORWARD SLASH )
[ ] Hydraulic Panel -- SET
[ ] Parking Brake -- SET -- REMOVE CHOCKS
     (press CTRL+PERIOD key)
[ ] Before Starting Engines Checks -- COMPLETE


                               
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ENGINE START
Press CTRL - SHIFT F4 ( Fuel On )
Press CTRL+E to initiate engine autostart sequence.

[ ] Clear #3 Engine --  #3 Engine started
[ ] Clear #4 Engine --  #4 Engine started
[ ] Remove External Power cart --  Power cart removed
[ ] Clear #2 Engine --  #2 Engine started
[ ] Clear #1 Engine -- #1 Engine started
[ ] Crew Aboard -- Crew aboard, doors closed and checked
[ ]  Brakes -- CHECKED
[ ]  Flaps -- 50 Percent ( 5 notches ) 
[ ]  Flight Controls -- CHECKED
1[ ] Propeller Reversing -- CHECKED
 (Insuring no directional control problems)
[ ] Before takeoff checks -- COMPLETE 

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DURING TAXI/BEFORE TAKEOFF

[ ] Brakes -- RELEASE
     (press PERIOD key)
[ ] Thrust Levers-- INCREASE SLIGHTLY TO ROLL
    (press F3 or F2 as necessary)
[ ] Thrust Levers -- IDLE FOR TAXI
    (press F2 or F3 as necessary)
[ ] Flight Controls -- CHECK
[ ] Flaps -- SET FOR TAKEOFF (5)
     (press F7 as necessary)
[ ] Brakes -- SET
     (press PERIOD key)
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LINE UP

[ ]  Exterior lights -- SET
[ ] Trim Tabs -- SET
[ ] Flaps -- Rechecked 50 percent (5 notches)
[ ] Engine Start Switches -- CHECK GEN
[ ] Pitot Heat -- ON
[ ] De-Ice -- AS REQUIRED
[ ] Engine Start Levers -- CHECK IDLE
[ ] Lights -- AS REQUIRED
[ ] Autopilot -- SET AND OFF
[ ] Instruments -- CHECKED
[ ] Avionics Switch -- ON
[ ] Avionics -- SET
     (press SHIFT+2 to display radio stack)
[ ]  Lineup checks -- COMPLETE

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AFTER TAKEOFF CHECKLIST  

[ ] Landing Gear -- UP
[ ]  Flaps --  UP
[ ]  Landing Light Panel -- SET
[ ]  Safety Check -- COMPLETE
[ ] After Takeoff Checks -- COMPLETE

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DESCENT CHECKLIST

[ ]  Landing Data -- CHECKED
[ ]  Radar Altimeter -- SET
[ ]  Altimeter -- SET
[ ]  Descent Checks -- COMPLETE

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BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST

[ ]  Altimeters -- SET
[ ]  Flaps -- As Required
[ ]  Landing Gear -- DOWN, Indicators Checked
[ ]  Landing Light Panel -- SET
[ ]  Before Landing Checks -- COMPLETE

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AFTER LANDING CHECKLIST

[ ]  APU -- STARTED
[ ]  Flaps -- UP
[ ]  Lights -- As Required
[ ]  Engine shutdown -- As required
( shutdown of inboards or outboards optional)
 (press CTRL+SHIFT+F1)
[ ]  After landing checks -- COMPLETE

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ENGINE SHUTDOWN CHECKIST

[ ]  Nose Wheel -- CENTERED
[ ]  Parking Brake -- SET
(press CTRL+PERIOD KEY)
[ ]  Engine Shutdown -- COMPLETE
[ ]  Exits -- Clear to open, insert chocks
[ ]  Exterior Lights -- OFF / Retracted
[ ]  Engine shutdown checks -- COMPLETE

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TOUCH AND GO 
WHEN ON THE RUNWAY
AFTER LANDING

[ ]  Flaps -- 50 Percent
[ ]  Trim -- SET
[ ]  Throttles -- As Required

NOTE: This aircraft's real-world checklists have been modified for use with Flight Simulator 2000. To learn about using, printing, and customizing checklists: in the "Getting From Here to There" section of Simulator Help, click "Using the Kneeboard."        