Originally Posted by
vintage ATCO
The HS125 G-AYRR was after John Cunningham landed it (unintentionally!) with the gear retracted. He had the Spanish Minister of Tourism on board and was early so he slowed down but the gear warning horn was annoying him so he pulled the circuit breaker . . . . . John was very polite. After the aircraft came to a halt he said on the RT "I am awfully sorry, I seemed to have made a mess of your runway."
One of the passengers was HS Hatfield Sales Manager Chris Putler who said it was such a good landing that they only realised something was wrong when they saw how tall the people outside were!