Gear Warning Horn
With the sole exception of the GPWS "Too Low Gear" warning (which is still far from perfect having also allowed wheels up landings to occur), all gear warnings that i have come across are nearly totally useless.
Sooooo many aircraft worldwide with sooo many differing types of warning have landed wheels up, many with very experianced and current pilots, including some in this country, most probably using thier so called fail safe proceedures, memoirs, checklists etc
Those warnings which operate continuosly get ignored, those that can be silenced are forgotten. In the heat of the moment checklists are rushed, memoirs are said without being actioned.
Dont get me wrong they are all an aid, Keep those ideas flowing, but rely totally on any of it at your peril.
Goodluck out there!
(and no i have never, yet, fingers crossed)
Last edited by BBMouse; 11th Nov 2010 at 05:40.