"Dan Girellini" wrote in message
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kontiki writes:

Towers at military fields issue a "check gear down" instruction along
with the landing clearance...

Do you have to positively ack the gear down instruction?

D.


No. You can if you want to though! :-) I used to fly a Seabee. You want
the gear UP for a water landing and the gear DOWN for a runway landing. I
used to announce "This is a WATER landing. The landing gear is UP" and then
look out my window at the gear and look at it and then say "My landing gear
is UP." For a land landing I would make suitable adjustments. Sometimes
passengers looked at me funny, but I never landed with the gear in the wrong
position! :-)

Highflyer
Highflight Aviation Services
Pinckneyville Airport ( PJY )