Thanks.


"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| news:tt4ig.28366$ZW3.15775@dukeread04...
| Years ago, a co-pilot for a local corporation asked me
to
| ride-shotgun in their old C 310 on a night flight in the
| local area. After ILS at KHUT and KICT with various
airwork,
| we setup for the final landing at KICT on 19R.
| At 200 feet I asked my friend a question, like this. "I
do
| most of my instruction in the Duchess and Baron and they
| have green lights to show the gear position, doesn't
Cessna
| do that?"
|
|
| The gear lights were completely out. He had not looked,
had
| just gone by the sound and drag change when he moved the
| lever. But a quick go-around solved the immediate
problem
| and some careful troubleshooting and wire tightening and
| bulb swaps got us three green after about 30 more
minutes.
|
| I love this approach, and have used it several times
myself when correcting
| another pilot in flight.
| By asking the question instead of making the statement,
you saved the
| airplane; corrected the problem; taught a valuable lesson
that wouldn't be
| soon forgotten, and lo and behold.....you even managed to
save the guys
| pride and keep a friend!!!! A perfect night's work if I
don't say so :-)))
| Dudley
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