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Allegiant Air flight lands safely after gear reset
Allegiant Air MD-80 lands safely after landing gear failed to extend proper while on final to Sioux falls Regional Airport Thursday afternoon. (www.kvoa.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Would little cameras stategically placed around the outside of the plane be use? Say one by the front landing gear, others showing the positions of the landing gears under the wings, others along the fuselage monitoring the engines. Does a pilot have to rely on the tower or a crew member to see a fire in an engine
NO... There are indications in the cockpit. Does not require a camera. The Proximity switches are more accurate. A camera can tell if the gear is down, but cannot tell if it is locked. Furthermore then cameras would add drag.
Thanks Sparkie,
Sparkie is right. I had 2 over the years, both with broken parts. Crash landings and one emergency, so my copilot called it, where we couldn't get the gear up. Emergency? lolol
nothing to see here....move along
Many years ago working the Andrews AFB control tower, a plane called asking for a low pass to have the landing gear visually checked. A red light had come on in the cockpit. I cleared it for an approach and went out onto the balcony and positioned myself, mike in hand. Out of the east the plane appeared and grew larger and larger as my eyes focused onto the gear. With a tremendous roar it flew 15 or so meters overhead. The gear appeared normal to me and I told the pilot so. He thanked me and told me, straight off the shoulder, never to say anything about this. "Yes Sir," I replied. It was President Truman's plane, The Independence.