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Old February 7th 06, 01:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:

But, all in all, if you want to do a gear up landing, a Navion is probably
one of the better airplanes to do it in. :-)


A Seabee is one of the better ones. You don't even ding the prop. If
you set it down nice and the surface isn't too rough all you do is
scracth the paint.
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Old February 8th 06, 12:00 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:

But, all in all, if you want to do a gear up landing, a Navion is
probably one of the better airplanes to do it in. :-)


A Seabee is one of the better ones. You don't even ding the prop. If
you set it down nice and the surface isn't too rough all you do is scracth
the paint.


Yea, an even better choice.

How is the Seabee for landing in the water with the gear down? Probably
better than the Navion, eh?

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