"Mark Astley" wrote in message ...
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There are
various anecdotes about pilots reaching out the door with the towbar to pull
the gear all the way down.


I read one in a flying mag several years ago. Under the direction
of a ground based A&P, the passnger accessed the empty hydraulic
reservoir from inside the cabin and replenished it with a biologically
manufactured fluid. It was enough to get the gear locked and they
landed safely.

I'll bet the A&P that had to work on that system was ****ed :-)

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)