Originally Posted by
Captain Dart
In view of the amount restorers and operators spend on these aircraft, why do they not devise a mod involving GPS height AGL, flap and gear handle position sensing and a horn?
(Cue the old chestnut, 'I didn't hear Tower telling me my wheels weren't down because of that !!@@## horn!'.)
I flew the RAF Puma HC1, which was, I believe the RAF’s first helicopter with retractable undercarriage. It had flashing red warning lights connected to an airspeed switch. If the gear wasn’t down the lights flashed below 55 kts airspeed.