REFLECTOR:Confession Week!!!

Fri, 28 May 2004 18:04:45 -0700

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Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Confession Week!!!

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> Aw, I think we ought to have one week of confessions!!!

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How about a "gear up" landing - in the garage!!

I didn't think I would ever tell anybody this, but looking back on it, =
it is
so-o-o stupid as to be funny; and hard to top.

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This was fortunately with no wings and no engine. I was doing something =
on
the plane (don't remember what) that led me to want one of the main gear =
up.
I grabbed the jack stand; put it under the spar near the outboard end of =
the
strake, and jacked until the wheel was off.  I proceeded to climb into =
the
back of the plane to lift the gear latch to unlock the gear.  WHAMB-BAM!
Uh-huh.  Those of you with RGs know - the latch locks both gear.  There =
it
was; down on the concrete - nose gear extended.

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Fortunately, other the incredible surprise, and bruised ego, there was
little damage. As soon as the gear collapsed, the other side came off =
the
jack stand.  The end of one strake hit first and then the bottom of the
fuselage. Just a very slight deformation under the end of the strake =
spar;
and a smashed end of the fuel vent tube that extended out bottom.  No
injuries to the occupant.  It's a sturdy airframe.

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You know what they say about retract drivers - there are those who have
landed "gear-up", those that will.  I've already done mine.

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Al

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Anybody want to go flying with me?

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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3DNimrod><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>Subject:
Re: REFLECTOR:Confession Week!!!</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3DNimrod><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3DNimrod><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>&gt;
Aw, I think we ought to have one week of =
confessions!!!</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3DNimrod><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>How about a &#8220;gear up&#8221; landing &#8211; =
in the
garage!!</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I =
didn&#8217;t think I
would ever tell anybody this, but looking back on it, it is so-o-o =
stupid as to
be funny; and hard to top.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><=
/font></p>

This was =
fortunately
with no wings and no engine. I was doing something on the plane =
(don&#8217;t
remember what) that led me to want one of the main gear up.&nbsp; I =
grabbed the
jack stand; put it under the spar =
near the outboard
end of the strake, and jacked until =
the wheel
was off. &nbsp;I proceeded to climb into the back of the plane to lift =
the gear
latch to unlock the gear. &nbsp;WHAMB-BAM!&nbsp; Uh-huh.&nbsp; Those of =
you
with RGs know &#8211; the latch locks both gear.&nbsp; There it was; =
down on
the concrete &#8211; nose gear extended.

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><=
/font></p>

Fortunately, =
other the
incredible surprise, and bruised ego, there was little damage. As soon =
as the gear
collapsed, the other side came off the jack stand. &nbsp;The
end of one strake hit first and then the bottom of the fuselage. Just a =
very slight
deformation under the end of the strake spar; and a smashed end of the =
fuel vent
tube that extended out bottom.&nbsp; No injuries to the occupant.&nbsp; =
It&#8217;s
a sturdy airframe.

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><=
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>You know what =
they say
about retract drivers &#8211; there are those who have landed =
&#8220;gear-up&#8221;,
those that will.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve already done mine.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><=
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Al</span></fon=
t></p>

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face=3DVerdana><span
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Anybody want =
to go
flying with me?</span></font></p>

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face=3DVerdana><span
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