Folks,
Funnily enough, my introduction to Aero Commanders was watching an inadvertent gear up at Biggin Hill in 1962, the first time the owner had flown the aeroplane since his last gear up. Back to the hangar, again!!!
Re. Russ Evans, last time I spoke to him, about a year ago, he was alive and well and still going strong. I got the very distinct impression he doesn't think much of CASA.
Re. the Dove at Camden, sorry, before my time there, one of the many stories of Camden.
The fabled Blackjack Walker also has a certain propensity to neglect to dangle the Dunlops --- including on a test flight of a Baron, after DeHavs repaired a --- guess what ---- gear up??? Huge cloud of dust on the old 05/23 YSBK.
Tootle pip!!