"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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Question: Do Lancairs not have a hydraulic dump or something to lower
the gear in the event of such a failure?

What type of Lancair? If the certified Columbia, they must. From FAR
23.729:

Don't know. Ironically, I can't find the story in any of the local news
sources. They showed it on the 11 o'clock news last night, but that's the
last I've heard of it. Everything forward of the firewall looked crushed
and knocked 90 degrees to the side and the pilot looked like, well, he'd
just narrowly survived a crash with his grandson on board.

Bigger news, though, that fits the Dirty Laundry bill was a woman who fell
asleep at the wheel of her RV and rolled it on I-84 and another where a guy
was crushed by a rolling car which was in Park and had its emergency brake
on. (?!)

-c