Thread: Does Size Matter: A Landing Gear Question?
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Old 07-15-2008 | 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by vagabond
Thanks everyone for your replies. There is definitely no standard. During lunch today, I saw a Lufthansa (wheels up), a United (wheels down), a Continental (wheels up), and an Alaska (wheels up). No rhyme or reason.
Well, yes and no.

You're correct that there's no 'standard' as you perceive it because it all depends on the airline, type of aircraft, their procedures, etc... - things you (and many of us) are not familiar with.

Yes, there's a reason though: it's their procedure, the airplanes slow down better with gear down, lower risk of ice falling off if you drop it too late etc, etc. So yes, there's definitely a reason...
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