I wonder what the FAA will do with him? My guess they will pull his licence not for landing gear up but for flying the aircraft 100 miles with known bent props and the risk to those on the ground!
The vibration and lack of thrust from the props must have been terrible.
Felt a bit sorry for him in that video as for 85 he looked in good nick and obviously loved his flying. His hand flying ability must have been good to coax that aircraft up to a cruise altitude without stalling/spinning
Its hard to tell in the video but maybe he did as he said have the gear down but was too fast, elected to go around! raised the gear too soon before getting a positive rate on the VSI and altimeter and descended onto the runway making contact ? but still in a mental go around mode.
How the heck do you live something like that down? Think I would want to crawl under a bush
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 24th Apr 2015 at 06:57.