Don Johnstone wrote:

In other spheres of aviation they are (with proper
training) almost
universally seen as a good thing.


In other spheres of aviation the action in the event
of a 'gear up' warning is to open the throttle and
go round NOT struggle to get the u\c down. I would
suggest that might be a tad difficult in a glider.

What I've seen people do is close the spoilers, level off, put the gear
down, open spoilers, and continue the landing. Perhaps this could be
part of the pilot's training.

I've also seen pilots switch hands, lower the gear, switch hands, and
continue the landing. They didn't crash to the ground, even though they
released the spoiler handle. It might depend a lot on on the glider:
some have modest spoilers, so the descent rate doesn't change much going
from half open to full open, and in some gliders, the spoilers don't
move if released at the normal, relatively slow, approach speed.

So, while a go round is a handy ability, it isn't necessary to deal with
a gear up situation.

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Eric Greenwell
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