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+===Startup===
+# Press the continuous ignition switch on the overhead panel.
+# Pull the start select switch for engine #4.
+# Set the cutoff switch on the pedestal to RUN.
+# Now repeat step 2 and 3 for engines #1, #2 and #3.
 ===Takeoff===
-# Set flaps to 20, it will take a minute to extend, so you'd better do this during taxi
+# Set flaps to 20, it will take a minute to extend, so you'd better do this during taxi.
-# Apply full throttle
+# Smoothly apply full throttle.
-# Keep the nose down until atleast 80 kts
+# Push the stick slightly forward until atleast 80 kts.
-# Plane should takeoff around 180 kts
+# Around 160 kts, slowly pull the stick back.
-# Retract gear when the aircraft is climbing with atleast 500 ft per minute
+# The plane should takeoff around 180 kts.
+# Retract gear as soon as the aircraft is climbing with atleast 500 ft per minute.
+===Shutdown===
+# Set all fuel cutoff switches to OFF.
+# Turn continuous ignition OFF.
 [[Image:747-400_cockpit.jpg|thumb|270px|3D cockpit of the Boeing 747-400 (under development)]]