Kneepad with In Flight Checklists

Kneepad with In Flight Checklists

Two photographs of a wooden kneepad complete with pencil on a string tether. The first list is fuel consumption at various RPMs.
The second list is a checklist prior to take off.
The second photograph is a close up of the checklists.

Two colour photographs of a wooden kneepad

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[missing letters]erage Fuel Consumption Lanc I & III

2750 + 7 295
2750 + 4 240

2650 + 7 290
2650 + 5 1/2 265
2650 + 4 230
2650 + 3 220

2500 + 4 220
2500 + 3 210
2500 + 2 200
2500 + 1 190
2500 0 180

2400 + 4 210
2400 + 3 200
2400 + 2 190
2400 + 1 180
2400 0 170

2300 + 4 205
2300 + 3 190
2300 + 2 185
2300 + 1 180

2200 + 4 195
2200 + 3 190
2200 + 2 180
2200 + 1 170
2200 0 160

2100 + 4 190
2100 + 3 180
2100 + 2 175
2100 + 1 165
2100 0 155

2000 + 4 185
2000 + 3 180
2000 + 2 170

1900 + 4 175
1900 + 3 170
1900 + 2 160

1800 + 4 170
1800 + 3 160
1800 + 2 155

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Brakes on, check pressure not less than 150 lbs.
Check blind flying instrument suction pump pressure.
Check suction pump change over cock on No. 1 or 2, No. 1 when MK. XIV
Bombsight in use.
Booster coil switchs [sic] off.
Slow running cut off switch off (Lanc. III)
Two-speed supercharger in M Gear.
Switch on flap gauge.
Test landing lamps.
Test identification, navigation and resin lights and check that red warning lights are working.
Set altimeter to a height of 40 ft.
Test undercarriage dimming lights.
Auto pilot clutch in, main cock out.
Mixer box to i/c position.
Test Lorenz on local beam.
Check TR1196 on.
Air in cold.
Jettison lever wired off.
Bomb doors closed.
Undercarriage locked down.
Check full movement on rudder, elevator and aileron trim then set all to zero.
Flap lever neutral.
Pitch levers fully fine, throttles closed.
Check flying controls and especially that legs have full movement on the rudder bars and that each pedal is fully in alignment.
Check that pitot head cover has been taken off.
Main switch to ground.

/B. STARTING

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[close up of first photograph]