Originally Posted by Sandhawk

Trying to find where in the Flight ManuAAl that it says "after a Positive Rate of Climb, when calling for Gear Up, that one should simultaneously point at the Gear Handle with the hand wearing the Academy Ring, and make a motion in the Upward direction"...

Same thing goes in reverse for "Gear Down" - would that be in the same Chapter as well ??

Please provide said reference, and not just "that is the way we have always done it"... Even if the reference is the 1935 American Airlines Flight Manual for the Curtiss Condor...