What do Passengers do just before Take-Off?

Day 2 of groundschool. Today's classes were: checklists, Take-offs and Landings, Emergencies and Terrain. In the Take-Off class we learned that after the normal departure checks MAF's operating procedures call for 4 further actions: a time check, a passenger check (that they are all strapped in and happy), a brake check (that the handbrake is off) and finally a check of the prevailing wind strength and direction. Collectively these can be easily remembered thus: 'Time for the Passengers to break wind'.Seriously, that's how we're supposed to remember it.

In 'Terrain' we learned that sometimes when flying low in bad weather you can come across a cloud type called 'Cumulous Granet' which can hurt a lot, so we are learning techniques to avoid that and get through valleys, mountains and other terrain safely.

After classes Stuart and I went down to the hangar to familiarise ourselves with the aircraft we'll be flying, and to pose with one. The Cessna TU206G is a single-engined high-wing aircraft. It has a turbocharged 300bhp engine, can cruise easily at 150kts, climb at over 1000ft per minute and can carry a useful load of around 1600lb (700kg). 

Oh, and we also tried on the helmets we'll be required to wear in and around the mountains.