Northrop/McDonnel Douglas YF-23A "Black Widow" II - CHECKLIST

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BEFORE ENGINE START

[ ] Landing Gear -- CHECK is DOWN
[ ] BATT switch -- ON
[ ] Left and right GEN switches -- OFF
[ ] Flight Controls -- CHECKED
[ ] Engines Panel -- CHECKED
[ ] Fuel quantity -- CHECKED
[ ] Antiice -- OFF
[ ] Aircraft lights -- OFF
[ ] Parking brakes -- SET
[ ] Trim -- AS REQUIRED
[ ] Altimeters -- SET
[ ] Standby instruments -- SET
[ ] Take off parameters (V1, VR, V2) -- CALCULATED and SPEEDS SET
[ ] Primary avionics switch -- ON
[ ] Avionics -- SET FOR TAKE OFF

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ENGINES START

[ ] Parking brakes -- SET
[ ] Throttles -- MINIMUM
[ ] Fuel Flow -- ON
[ ] Left starter switch -- ON
[ ] Left fuel flow -- CHECKED
[ ] Left N1 increment as left N2 grows -- CHECKED
[ ] Left ITT -- CHECKED
[ ] Left oil pressure -- CHECKED
[ ] Left engine instruments -- CHECK is NORMAL
[ ] Right starter switch -- ON
[ ] Right fuel flow -- CHECKED
[ ] Right N1 increment as right N2 grows -- CHECKED
[ ] Right ITT -- CHECKED
[ ] Right oil pressure -- CHECKED
[ ] Right engine instruments -- CHECK is NORMAL
[ ] Left and right GEN switches -- ON

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BEFORE TAXIING

[ ] Antiice -- ON
[ ] Flaps -- AS REQUIRED
[ ] Flight controls -- CHECKED
[ ] Aircraft lights -- AS REQUIRED
[ ] Brakes -- RELEASED

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TAXIING AND BEFORE TAKE OFF

[ ] Brakes -- CHECKED
[ ] Flight instruments -- CHECKED
[ ] Engines instruments -- CHECKED
[ ] Take off parameters (V1, VR, V2) -- CHECKED
[ ] Navigation instruments -- CHECKED
[ ] Transponder -- SET
[ ] Flaps -- AS REQUIRED
[ ] Trim -- SET FOR TAKE OFF
[ ] Antiice -- AS REQUIRED

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RUNWAY ALIGNMENT

[ ] Aircraft lights -- ON

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TAKE OFF

[ ] Throttles -- T/O
[ ] Brakes -- RELEASED
[ ] VR -- ROTATE

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AFTER TAKE OFF

[ ] Landing Gear -- UP AFTER POSITIVE CLIMB RATE
[ ] Flaps -- UP AT V2+100
[ ] Antiyaw device -- ACTIVE AS REQUIRED
[ ] Spoiler -- RETRACTED
[ ] Antiice -- AS REQUIRED

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CLIMB

[ ] Altimeters -- RESET AT 29,92 ACROSS 18.000 FT LEVEL

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DESCENT

[ ] Antiice -- AS REQUIRED
[ ] Altimeters -- RESET AT LOCAL VALUE ACROSS 18.000 FT LEVEL
[ ] Fuel quantity -- CHECKED

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APPROACH

[ ] Landing parameters (VREF, VAPP) -- CALCULATED and SPEEDS SET
[ ] Avionics and radio devices -- SET
[ ] Flaps - ONE OR TWO NOTCHES AS REQUIRED
[ ] Spoiler -- ARMED

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BEFORE LANDING

[ ] Landing gear -- DOWN (check the HUD G indicator is appeared)
[ ] Flaps -- ALL DOWN (check the panel flaps indicator is not blinking)

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LANDING

[ ] Brakes -- AS REQUIRED
[ ] Spoiler -- VERIFY EXTENSION

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AFTER LANDING/LEAVING THE RUNWAY

[ ] Transponder -- OFF
[ ] Antiice -- AS REQUIRED
[ ] Lights -- AS REQUIRED
[ ] Spoiler -- RETRACTED
[ ] Flaps -- UP
[ ] Throttles -- CUT

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STOP

[ ] Parking brakes -- SET
[ ] Antiice -- OFF
[ ] Throttles -- MINIMUM
[ ] Fuel flow -- CUT
[ ] Lights -- OFF
[ ] Left and right GEN switches -- OFF
[ ] BATT switch -- OFF