pd3463 Wrote:
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> There is an A26 Invader that was at Oshkosh this
> last week. It was one I had grown up around when
> it resided in Topeka. It was sold and the new
> owner completed a very long restoration. She was
> featured a few years back on the cover of Air
> Classics. Monday with a very experienced pilot at
> the controls, she did a nose gear up landing due
> to something braking when the gear was lowered.
>
My understanding was that Intruder went around a couple of times trying to get that nose gear down and locked, but I don't know the details. It makes the response by the pilot all the more understandable.
-Lee
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