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Gear Warning
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Don Johnstone wrote: Not stupid at all Mark, if you read your post that is exactly what you have said. No, exactly what I said is quoted below. It bears very little resemblence to the words you have attempted to put into my mouth. I'm pretty confident that other readers, having looked at the words I used and the meaning you have attributed to them, will conclude that you're way off. So if you want to continue on this basis feel free, just understand that it's your reputation, not mine, that you're impugning. I accept that it might not be what you meant. Thanks heaps for cheapening the discussion, Don. Excellent work, you have lots to be proud of! - mark Not all pilots who have a retractable undercarriage and no alarm will land wheels up, in fact I would say that, despite anecdotal 'evidence' to the contrary, the majority will not. I don't think I have ever said do not ever fit an alarm, just be aware it is a double edged sword. At 00:18 30 November 2005, Mark Newton wrote: In article , Don Johnstone wrote: At 11:36 25 November 2005, Mark Newton wrote: A wheels-up landing in an aircraft which doesn't have an undercarriage alarm is a wholly predictable accident. Why is there this attitude that says it's ok to see it coming, yawn about it, and do basically *nothing* to prevent it? I mean, you can stress checklists and piloting skill as much as you want, but we've built up a track record which says those things DON'T WORK to prevent these accidents, while building up a simultaneous record which says undercarriage warnings DO work. So why resist the fitment of undercarriage warnings? So, your argument is that all pilots will land with the wheel up if they do not have an alarm fitted? Contratulations, Don, for winning the award for stupidest comment yet posted in this thread. Which is some feat. As you were typing it, you *knew* that my argument was nothing of the sort, but you went ahead and typed it anyway. Well done, mate, your determination and willingness to push-on regardless of your own knowledge of the facts of the situation stands proud as an example to us all. - mark |
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