Originally Posted by
Barksdale Boy
Mac
How did that "simple mod" work? It was good to see you in HK some twenty-odd years ago. I can't believe that you are 85! RW.
Not sure what benefit, as stated, that that would have given. We didn't need to isolate the retraction, we needed to get the wheel up.
I know that once it was blown down there was no possibility of retraction and I am not sure the state of the undercarriage at Luqa. Certainly as he intended to land he would not have wanted to retract it first. It really was one of those impossible situations.
I don't recall the detail but didn't he think the aircraft could be landed successfully?