Ouch...! Glad your ok and the plane looks to be repairable. We're all human and these thing will happen. At least until Robo-pilot replaces us in that left seat. Which I hope never happens. I have always heard that "there are those pilots that HAVE landed gear up and those who WILL". At least you have that behind you now.
Craig ________________________________ From: Mark Langford <m...@n56ml.com> To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> Cc: Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft <corvaircr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:56 PM Subject: KR> Swift NetHeads, This is a bit off topic, but it does have to do with flying...or not flying as the case may be. I'm temporarily grounded due to an unfortunate incident where a loose nut between the stick and the seat has incapacitated the Swift. I was entering downwind and was going faster than the 100 mph "gear drop" speed, so I skipped that part of the GUMP checklist, but unfortunately never got around to that little detail before landing. My next clue that I'd screwed up royally was hearing the prop tips on the runway. I was as shocked as one could imagine, except the bright flashing "gear is up but throttle is reduced" light was one clue that I'd blown it, and another was the gear switch was clearly UP. After 93 Swift landings in 21 hours of flight, I thought I was safe, but apparently not. The good news is they say "you'll never do it again". I guess that's the corollary to "there are those who have, and those who will".
