I'd just like to mention that just before he launched (at High Rock) Danny Brotto did something fairly impressive, which I hope we all would emulate. He was up on launch, he had done a hang check, he had just finished giving instructions to his wire crew, when he paused to run through his entire preflight in his mind. Suddenly he stopped and asked to back off launch, because he didn't remember setting the internal struts in his wingtips. He checked them, and found out that he had. But the point is: while running through it in his mind, HE DIDN'T REMEMBER DOING SOMETHING WHICH WAS PART OF HIS AUTOMATIC ROUTINE, SO BACKED OFF. Very commendable, and very much in line with the way Danny operates. He then repeated the hook in check, and at least four times I heard him mutter to himself "preflighted, hooked in, locked". He wasn't just saying it, he was making sure he remembered it. Very endearing, but also very impressive.

– Brian VH