On pre-flight inspections

In article
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a wrote:

I've never experienced it, but there must be a huge amount of ground
effect float in something like a Mooney as it sinks that close to the
ground with the gear up -- it would go well with that sinking feeling
of OMG, wouldn't it?

Funny you mention that. My plane sits significantly lower to the ground
than just about everything else I'd flown before. Not too long after we
got it back from the shop after my partner's gear-up landing in it, I
was landing and had that "sinking feeling" you describe because I
couldn't quite remember just how low I should have been. A quick check
to the gear handle reassured me but this totally screwed up my flare and
I made a fairly embarrassing (but non-damaging) landing because of it.

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Mike Ash
Radio Free Earth
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