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Old November 25th 05, 12:09 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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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?