Checklists?

[jrsteensen]

Anyone have any more detailed checklists available for this other than what's available from the NATOPS?

[Andrei Dragovic]

A1-F18AC-NFM-500 NATOPS Pocket Checklist is the best one. It has a streamlined checklist in the front of it.

 

The manual is declassified but there is no complete copy of it available anywhere for free. There are, however, a few Flight Manual sites that sell physical and/or digital copies of the manual.

Edited March 11, 2018 by Andrei Dragovic

[AcroGimp]

The USN Pilot's Pocket Checklist for the Hornet in physical form would be surprisingly big - I wrote the Flight Manual and PPCL for the T-6A Texan II back in '99-2000 timeframe and as I recall the PCL was almost 200 pages where the Flight Manual was maybe 800-ish pages I think.

 

Because the T-6A was a joint USAF/USN program we developed the Flight Manual as an Air Force -1 and the checklist as a USN style NATOPS Pocket Checklist - I believe the contract switched the checklist to USAF style after I left in '01.

 

What most simmers would expect as a quick reference checklist was not a deliverable from Beechcraft to USAF/USN so not sure if there would be a shorter one for the Hornet.

 

I load the flight manual and checklists for both the real and sim aircraft I fly onto my tablet that I use as an EFB/Kneeboard for reference when flying/simming so the NATOPS PCL will be part of my loadout once the Hornet comes online.

 

'Gimp