PART III - HANDLING

	               ITEM                           CHECK

	        DEM. BOMBS selector          SINGLE/ALL switch to
	          switch (125)                 OFF (otherwise drop
                                               tanks will jettison on
                                               pressing bomb release on
                                               control column)
	        Armament switches            All off and safe
	        Canopy de-clutch lever       In
	          (111)
	        Undercarriage emergency      Fully in
	        Generator re-set switch      ON and guarded
	          (82)
 	        Densitometer switch (84)     OUT.  Check main fuel
	                                      gauge shows full.  Return
                                              switch to IN and lower
                                              guard
	        Engine master switch (81)    OFF
	        Battery starter switch (80)  OFF
	        Cockpit and external light   OFF or as required
	          switches (78) (85) (86)
	          (89) (90) (91)
	        Flight controls              Fully down
	          emergency selector
                  lever (77)
	        Radio (87)                   As required
	        Radio compass (88)           Off
	        Instrument inverters         Both circuit-breakers in
	        Circuit breaker panel        All set
	          (Fig. 8, Part VI)
	        Ejection seat safety pins    Remove and attach to
                  (94) and (100)               harness lock

       49.  Management of the fuel system
       
       (i)  The internal tanks all feed automatically as soon as
            the engine has been started.
       (ii) When using drop tanks the pressurising cock should be
            turned ON before starting and turned OFF again after
            stopping the engine at the end of the flight.
       (iii)The totalizer should be set to show the total fuel con-
            tents carried.
       (iv) During take-off and while climbing at high power the
            fuel flow to the engine is about 6,000 lb./hr.  Because
            the drop tanks transfer at a total of 4,000 lb./hr. the
            balance of the total fuel flow is taken from the internal

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