GUMPS/Instrument approaches

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:40:09 -0800, "Bob Gardner"
wrote:

Many instructors advise instrument students to hang the gear out when the
glideslope is about a dot above center..the added drag starts you down the
hill, and it's awfully hard to forget the gear if you follow this advice.

Bob Gardner


This his how I have always done it, but with a little variation. When
I intercept the glideslope, Usually at the FAF, I then lower the gear.
The only time that I did not do this, was when I had an engine failure
on a twin shooting the approach in IMC. I just kept saying to myself
as I was descending, was "DONT FORGET THE GEAR, ...." Once I broke
out and I knew I had the runway made, the gear came down.

Scott D

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