what do the 3 greens stand for?

[Detour]

On final, the check of 'Rich, fine and 3 greens' - Can anybody pl. elaborate . I know Rich is for- mixture rich and Fine- pitch but what do the 3 greens stand for?
Thank you.

[mattpilot]

i bet one stands for "Gear" and another one for "Gas selector"

:)

Never heard of the "3 greens" before

[Fokker-Jock]

Three greens stands for

two main landing gears and one nose wheel down and locked.

Cheers!

[HugMonster]

"3 Greens" always refers to the indicator lights for gear being down and locked.

Several Piper pilots of old acquaintance refer to "reds, blues and greens" since on most Piper aircraft, the mixture control handles are red, and the prop lever handles are blue.

[chiglet]

When I wuz in Borneo.....BOF
A/C on long finals...........Beverly22 Finals
ATC Roger Beverly22, call 3 greens
All the way to 2 miles...
Beverly22 2 miles
Roger, 22 CONFIRM 3 GREENS!!
OK, OK, 3 Greens, DOWN, LOCKED AND FLIPPIN' WELDED
we aim to please, it keeps the cleaners happy

[Detour]

Thank you every body, now I will not have to wait for 3 weeks to ask my instructor.

[Bigears]

Forgotten what type it is, but you can also have 4 greens! :eek:

[Danza]

So how many greens does an Antonov get ? :D

[canberra]

harriers,draakens and concorde have four greens. there may be others.

[minuteman]

Fokker 50 has 4 greens too.

[pigboat]

DC-3 has two.
Latches, lights, pressure, I have a wheel. :)

[IRRenewal]

Cessna Cardinal has one green (nose wheel only, you can see the rest)

'G-AB final one green................................because we only have one' always used to wake up the controller.

Cheers

[Bob Brown]

DC-10-30 has 4 greens