BUMPH

In Australian aviation, BUMFH (pronounced 'BUMPH') is a mnemonic for the pre-landing checks carried out by pilots of light aircraft when approaching an airport with intention to land. In aviation practice elsewhere, the GUMPS check is more commonly used.

BUMFHW is an acronym for

• Brakes
• Undercarriage
• Mixture
• Fuel
• Hatches and Harnesses
• Windsock

These provide only the bare minimum of pre-landing checks, but a more complete list doesn't provide a neat acronym. In this sense the mnemonic should probably be used only as a reminder rather than a complete set of checks.

A more complete check would include:

• Brakes
• Undercarriage
• Mixture
• Carb heat
• Fuel
• Flaps
• Hatches and Harness
• Transponder
• Landing Light

Other uses

The word 'bumph' is also English slang for paper - of any sort. It is used on its own as in 'there's a whole pile of bumph on my desk, and also with some other words, eg 'loo bumph' is toilet paper.

'Bumph' or 'Bumf', when alluding to excessive paperwork was an armed forces contraction for Bum Fodder during the Second World War and was in regularly used throughout the Commonwealth. "Bum fodder" was itself a slang term for toilet paper.

In web developer terminology, the word 'bumph' is used to describe written visible page content, normally held within the page's body tag.