Steve Franklin wrote:

But I can see now how important it would be if you say lost all power to the
cockpit instrumentation to be able to easily find the landing gear in the
dark if neccessary...

Actually, that's for all the time. In many cases you don't want to take your
eyes off of something else (like the runway) just to be sure you have the right
lever.

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