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Ooooooch! You sure it's not a BREAK dance! Looks broken to me!!! :shock:
Does that big lever indicate DOWN....with little green lights?

Looks like he's bringing it in smooth, but still....ouch!


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Who took the photo?
Are you planning on giving credit to the photographer or at least a link to the site it came from?

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Hi,

The Harvard is South-African ZU-AOX/7643, and the accident happened on April 8, 2006. ZU-AOX/7643 has been repaired since. Do some googling and you will find the author of the photo.

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Ooooooch! You sure it's not a BREAK dance! Looks broken to me!!! :shock:
Does that big lever indicate DOWN....with little green lights?

Looks like he's bringing it in smooth, but still....ouch!



Not all T-6/SNJ/Harvards have gear lights. The G-models do, and some of the earlier models have been retrofitted.


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Ooooooch! You sure it's not a BREAK dance! Looks broken to me!!! :shock:
Does that big lever indicate DOWN....with little green lights?

Looks like he's bringing it in smooth, but still....ouch!



Not all T-6/SNJ/Harvards have gear lights. The G-models do, and some of the earlier models have been retrofitted.


But all T-6s have windows to verify the gear is down and locked..............

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Matt Gunsch wrote:
Tim Savage wrote:
Holedigger wrote:
Ooooooch! You sure it's not a BREAK dance! Looks broken to me!!! :shock:
Does that big lever indicate DOWN....with little green lights?

Looks like he's bringing it in smooth, but still....ouch!



Not all T-6/SNJ/Harvards have gear lights. The G-models do, and some of the earlier models have been retrofitted.


But all T-6s have windows to verify the gear is down and locked..............


No doubt. Always check the pins....even if you have lights...


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If does not matter how many light and horns you hang on the plane, there is only one fool proof gear down indicator, that is the Mk.1 eyeball, all T-6s have windows above the gear so you can see at a glance if the gear is down and locked.

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I was also taught that S is for safety ie harness locked, canopy open ect
and has my mentor Ed used to say "brain uncaged".

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