Gear up or Down??
Can anybody shed some light on why an a/c may climb out after take off with its landing gear down?
I have just done my usual crawl around the M25 at rush hour and noticed a BA B757 on climb out from runway 27 doing just this. I watched the a/c until it disappeared from view, still with its gear down and I thought this was a bit unusual. (I even managed to look without causing a pile up!)
I would be grateful for any thoughts/theories/explanations.....