Gear up landings can happen to ANYONE...

On 2006-06-08, Dudley Henriques wrote:
the need for the gear cross check on final.

Is anyone aware of any techniques for stopping the gear cross check after
the plane is put away in the hangar and you're driving home? I still find
myself thinking, "Oh my god, did I put the gear down for that landing?"
when I'm a few miles away from the airport in my car...

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

Are you married?
This is a syndrome common to the married male pilot. It usually begins on
the way home from a trip to the store where the wife of the pilot has giving
him a list of items to bring home.
The symtoms involve the car having to be waiting for a light to change half
way home ; fingers gently tapping on the top of the steering wheel; and
thoughts of a wife looking at the pilot in disbelief as she tells him.
"I can't BELIEVE you went to the store and forgot the ONE item I REALLY
needed!"
If this has happened to you, don't worry. You're normal like the rest of us
:-)
Dudley Henriques

"Ben Jackson" wrote in message
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On 2006-06-08, Dudley Henriques wrote:
the need for the gear cross check on final.

Is anyone aware of any techniques for stopping the gear cross check after
the plane is put away in the hangar and you're driving home? I still find
myself thinking, "Oh my god, did I put the gear down for that landing?"
when I'm a few miles away from the airport in my car...

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
nk.net...
Are you married?
This is a syndrome common to the married male pilot. It usually begins on
the way home from a trip to the store where the wife of the pilot has
giving him a list of items to bring home.
The symtoms involve the car having to be waiting for a light to change
half way home ; fingers gently tapping on the top of the steering wheel;
and thoughts of a wife looking at the pilot in disbelief as she tells him.
"I can't BELIEVE you went to the store and forgot the ONE item I REALLY
needed!"
If this has happened to you, don't worry. You're normal like the rest of
us :-)
Dudley Henriques

Like, for example, wife asks you to go to the grocery store and you return
after spending an hour and a half, two hours.... at the (Insert: hardware,
sporting goods, etc) store having never gotten to the grocery store at all.


--
Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO (MTJ)

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
nk.net...
Are you married?
This is a syndrome common to the married male pilot. It usually begins on
the way home from a trip to the store where the wife of the pilot has
giving him a list of items to bring home.
The symtoms involve the car having to be waiting for a light to change
half way home ; fingers gently tapping on the top of the steering wheel;
and thoughts of a wife looking at the pilot in disbelief as she tells
him.
"I can't BELIEVE you went to the store and forgot the ONE item I REALLY
needed!"
If this has happened to you, don't worry. You're normal like the rest of
us :-)
Dudley Henriques

Like, for example, wife asks you to go to the grocery store and you return
after spending an hour and a half, two hours.... at the (Insert: hardware,
sporting goods, etc) store having never gotten to the grocery store at
all.

That's it!!! :-))
DH

Ben Jackson wrote:

On 2006-06-08, Dudley Henriques wrote:

the need for the gear cross check on final.


Is anyone aware of any techniques for stopping the gear cross check after
the plane is put away in the hangar and you're driving home? I still find
myself thinking, "Oh my god, did I put the gear down for that landing?"
when I'm a few miles away from the airport in my car...

Sorry, I can't help you. I relax as soon as the hangar door closes. :-)


Matt

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:33:54 -0500, Ben Jackson wrote:

On 2006-06-08, Dudley Henriques wrote:
the need for the gear cross check on final.

Is anyone aware of any techniques for stopping the gear cross check after
the plane is put away in the hangar and you're driving home? I still find
myself thinking, "Oh my god, did I put the gear down for that landing?"
when I'm a few miles away from the airport in my car...

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/


After just reading this I had to make a trip to the airport to check
mine.

Regards
Daveb

Is anyone aware of any techniques for stopping the gear cross check after
the plane is put away in the hangar and you're driving home? I still find
myself thinking, "Oh my god, did I put the gear down for that landing?"
when I'm a few miles away from the airport in my car...

After just reading this I had to make a trip to the airport to check
mine.

Do you remember the trip from the runway to where you parked?

If you had to use full power to taxi, you "might have" forgotten to put them
down. g

Such an oldie, but it fit here so nicely!
--
Jim in NC

A whole bunch of years ago down in Galveston (KGLS), Texas, one of the local
pilots was up doing T&Gs in his brand new V-Tail Bo. I was in the FBO lounge
with some other CAP Cadets listening to the radio and watching the traffic
waiting for our turn to go for an orientation hop.

I remember the Bo driver's excited voice when he called to another plane on
final to "Wave off, Go Around! Your gear is not down!" He then cut the
pattern short to fly wing tip with the guy while they did all sorts of
things to finally get the landing gear down and make a safe landing.

By now you know the punch line to this tale. Yup, the Bo driver landed with
his gear safely stowed in the wings.

In article FD6ig.16001$523.10174@trnddc07,
"Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com wrote:

By now you know the punch line to this tale. Yup, the Bo driver landed with
his gear safely stowed in the wings.

In Bonanza clinics they tell you that the most common cause of gear up
landings is a go around.