On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:37:17 -0700 (PDT), Chip Bearden
wrote:

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Yeah, "right side handles forward" might sound pretty simplistic. But
when things get busy, simple works pretty well.

PS: I haven't had a gear warning system in a glider since then (1971).
I figured if I could ignore a horn going off in my ear, it wasn't
going to do me any good anyway.

Chip Bearden
ASW 24 "JB"
USA

For what it's worth, for the last 30 years I've used a cockpit
reminder aid in all my retractable gear ships.

I put a small (1 inch square) green tape square at the "down & locked"
end of my gear travel, and a similar sized red tape square on the "up
and retracted" end of the gear handle travel.

At the end of a long flight, it's reassuring to simply glance down at
the gear handle and verify it's in the "green" end of the travel.

Bob