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Gear up landing despite warning horn!
These guys listen to an alarm telling them to put their landing gear down and can't seem to remember to do it. They ruin their propeller, the bottom of their plane, and the chance anyone will ever fly with them. (www.youtube.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The thing that impresses me the most is the camera man keeping on task. All too many times I watch videos like this where the guy with the camera drops it or turns it away from the action. Kudos for fully capturing the pilot's bad day and immortalizing it for the bemusement of the aviation community.
At least one pro onboard, eeh?
Wish I could have understood French.lol. I guess as he climed out and looked around, that was a classic "Oh S%^&" moment.
Does NOBODY here understand French? Would LOVE to know what they were saying.
My old flying instructor once reminded us in class, "There are two types of pilots: Those who HAVE landed gear up, and those who WILL." I'm not saying everyone will, but never say never.
I can remember back in 68, I was with a guy in a 182 that had just came out with retract gear. We were slow and low flying, looking at some land South of Deming NM and had the gear overide pulled. He decided we would stop in at Deming and grab a coke before going back to Tucson. About the time he flared, he looked at the light panel, said hang on(and some other choice words), and had just enough speed/altitude to flip to one side on the grass, killing the engine(on purpose) while doing so. Prop stopped straight across and gear was up. Grass dididn't tear up the bottom. Got a crane out, lifted the bird, cranked the gear down, got our coke and went back to Tucson