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Old July 20th 06, 05:24 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Student practices landing with gear up

I thought that auto extend feature had been disabled by a SB on most
Arrows.. maybe only the older ones..
BT

"steve" wrote in message
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Bummer,

I had the Arrow reserved with the flight center I use, for next week and
for a couple of days in August.

They just sent me an email stating that a student pilot from the flight
center they share it with, landed it with the gear up. How embarrassing,
especially since the plane has an automatic gear down deployment once it
drops below 100mph and the manifold and rpm resemble a landing
configuration. He/she must have shut it off. It has a loud alarm that
sounds off in that situation, so I don't know what might have happened..

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Thanks,

Steve

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci