Good habit patterns are the best indications of a good pilot. It’s easy to get lazy when flying non-complex airplanes that don’t require a lot of action on the behalf of the pilot. But if you don’t continue practicing your ingrained habits while flying airplanes that are “easy” to fly, you’ll be sorry once you set foot in a more complex model.
There is a silly aviation saying that there are those pilots who have landed gear up and those who will. And while some gear up landings occur when landing gear deployment systems fail, you can avoid becoming one of many embarrassed pilots who simply forgot to lower the gear. All you need to do is to practice the good old GLUMPS check. If you have not heard of GLUMPS, it’s short for gas, lights, undercarriage, mixture, prop and seatbelts.
