Originally Posted by
Scoop
Speaking of the 727, am I misremembering or did the FE normally silence the gear warning horn, which by the way would go off at FL 350 if the Pilot went to idle. Did this really happen or did I imagine it?
Scoop
Originally Posted by
Nucflash
You are remembering correctly....there was zero conditional logic to keep the horn silent. You could squeeze a racquetball under the handle to keep it pulled, though.
I was jumpseating (on UAL or DAL, can't remember) and the FE tied a string to the silence lever. He never even had to look, he just knew when the thrust was going to idle and give the string a tug.