Thorough and systematic means recommended by the manufacturer.
Here is a good resource: http://flighttraining.aopa.org/students/presolo/skills/howtopreflight.html
Always check the POH for preflight information as well.
FAR 91.103
The prefix is pre as in preflight.
Become familiar with all available information concerning the flight.
There is a flight deck on an aircraft carrier but, it is not an aircraft carrier as there are many other ships that have flight decks on them. The amphibious assault ship is a good example.
In aviation, a flight engineer is a member of the aircrew of an aircraft who is responsible for checking the aircraft before and after each flight, and for monitoring and operating aircraft systems during flight. The flight engineer usually has a background in aircraft maintenance and may reasonably be described as the "technical expert" member of the operating crew.
The aircraft mechanics usually put propellors on.
The flight deck is the name given to the area from which the aircraft is actually controlled, as in, pilot, copilot, flight engineer, and any other persons that are a part of the crew tasked with the actual control of the aircraft. The cockpit is a part of the flight deck.
In most airforces a 'flight' is 2-4 aircraft, next grouping is a 'squadron', usually 9-12 aircraft. then a 'wing' , 30-36 aircraft.
No, you cannot add aircraft to the demo of Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
The first flight of an aircraft was achieved in 1903 by Wright Brothers in USA in the state of North Carolina.
A test flight is an observation of the flight characteristics of an aircraft.
You generally use aircraft for flight