Saab Driver. .. .Not sure I agree, IMHO. I've seen or been near to about half a dozen wheels ups (grammar?) and in every case something has distracted the chief lever puller. Mostly go arounds after the gear is lowered, in one case wrong way circuit traffic, but basically something that disrupts the routine of (e.g. in a Yak) "downwind, airspeed falling through 200, pop the gear".. .. .Once something breaks that binary cycle, the chances of a mistake grow exponentially.. .. .Doing aeros in a brand new aeroplane over your field would definitely fall into that category, but in my view there is no correlation between wheels up history and piloting ability (Stephen Grey did it twice, I think).. .. .If the pilot is reading this I hope it makes him feel a bit better.