[Looking4Lower]

When I was in complex singles and twins, I did a GUMPS type check on downwind or upon entering the pattern, then I did an abbreviated "G-P-C" check on late downwind, base and final. Just a short little acronym that I made up for myself, but G-P-C is Gear, Power and Cooling. Gear down, Power set for go-around (props forward, mixtures rich), Cooling systems set for go-around (cowl flaps open, mixtures rich). I used GPC because it was short and easy to remember- It's a brand of cigarette. No, I'm not a smoker but I had friends who used to smoke them so I remembered the name and the acronym worked well.

I later ammended the acronym to GPCF- Gear, Power, Cooling, Flaps.

Never came close to forgetting the gear, * Knock On Wood *, so the technique worked for me.